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The philosophy of Merleau-Ponty / Eric Matthews.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Continental European philosophyPublisher: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: vi, 186 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0773523839
  • 9780773523838
  • 0773523847
  • 9780773523845
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 194 23
LOC classification:
  • B2430.M3764 M374 2002
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- 1. Merleau-Ponty in context -- 2. Phenomenology -- 3. Being-in-the-world -- 4. Embodiment and human action -- 5. Self and others -- 6. Politics in theory and practice -- 7. The arts -- 8. The later thought -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "An introduction to the life and thought of one of the most important French thinkers of the twentieth-century. In this clear and comprehensive account of Merleau-Ponty's thought Eric Matthews shows how Merleau-Ponty has contributed to current debates in philosophy, such as the nature of consciousness, the relation between biology and personality, the historical understanding of human thought and society, and many others. Surveying the whole range of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, Matthews examines his views about the nature of phenomenology and the primacy of perception; his account of human embodiment, being-in-the-world, and the understanding of human behaviour; his conception of the self and its relation to other selves; and his views on society, politics, and the arts. A final chapter considers his later thought, published posthumously."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- 1. Merleau-Ponty in context -- 2. Phenomenology -- 3. Being-in-the-world -- 4. Embodiment and human action -- 5. Self and others -- 6. Politics in theory and practice -- 7. The arts -- 8. The later thought -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"An introduction to the life and thought of one of the most important French thinkers of the twentieth-century. In this clear and comprehensive account of Merleau-Ponty's thought Eric Matthews shows how Merleau-Ponty has contributed to current debates in philosophy, such as the nature of consciousness, the relation between biology and personality, the historical understanding of human thought and society, and many others. Surveying the whole range of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, Matthews examines his views about the nature of phenomenology and the primacy of perception; his account of human embodiment, being-in-the-world, and the understanding of human behaviour; his conception of the self and its relation to other selves; and his views on society, politics, and the arts. A final chapter considers his later thought, published posthumously."--Publisher's website.

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