Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) is one of the most important philosophers of the Twentieth century. His theories of perception and the role of the body have had an enormous impact on the humanities and social sciences, yet the full scope of his contribution not only to phenomenology but philosophy generally is only now becoming clear. In this lucid and comprehensive introduct...(展开全部)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is increasingly hailed as one of the key philosophers of the Twentieth century. "Phenomenology of Perception" is his most famous and influential work and an essential text for anyone seeking to understand phenomenology. In this guidebook Komarine Romdenh-Romluc introduces and assesses Merleau-Ponty's life and the background to his philosophy, the key theme...(展开全部)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is increasingly hailed as one of the key philosophers of the Twentieth century. "Phenomenology of Perception" is his most famous and influential work and an essential text for anyone seeking to understand phenomenology. In this guidebook Komarine Romdenh-Romluc introduces and assesses Merleau-Ponty's life and the background to his philosophy, the key theme...(展开全部)

Highlights Merleau-Ponty’s interest in film and connects it to his aesthetic theory. In The Flesh of Images, Mauro Carbone begins with the point that Merleau-Ponty’s often misunderstood notion of “flesh” was another way to signify what he also called “Visibility.” Considering vision as creative voyance, in the visionary sense of creating as a particular presence something which...(展开全部)

This brief text assists students in understanding Merleau-Ponty's philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the Wadsworth Notes Series, (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON ...(展开全部)

Marie-Eve Morin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She is the author of many articles on Derrida, Heidegger, Nancy, Sartre, Latour, and Sloterdijk. She is also the author of Jean-Luc Nancy (Polity, 2012) and is the co-editor, with Peter Gratton, of The Nancy Dictionary (Edinburgh University Press, 2015) and Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thi...(展开全部)

Marie-Eve Morin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She is the author of many articles on Derrida, Heidegger, Nancy, Sartre, Latour, and Sloterdijk. She is also the author of Jean-Luc Nancy (Polity, 2012) and is the co-editor, with Peter Gratton, of The Nancy Dictionary (Edinburgh University Press, 2015) and Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thi...(展开全部)

Having initially not had the attention of Sartre or Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty's work is arguably now more widely influential than either of his two contemporaries. "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts" presents an accessible guide to the core ideas which structure Merleau-Ponty's thinking as well as to his influences and the value of his ideas to a wide range of disciplines. The first s...(展开全部)