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Book SynopsisThe work of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty touches on some of the most essential and vital concerns of the world today, yet his ideas are notoriously difficult and not widely understood. This work redresses this problem by offering a carefully argued, critical appreciation of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy.
Trade Review[T]his ambitious text is well worth reading. . . Toadvine offers a bold, yet carefully constructed reading of the early ontology oriented by Merleau-Ponty's later self-evaluations of it.Winter 2010
* Environmental Ethics *
[T]his is one of the few [Merleau-Ponty books] that is genuinely important.Volume 15, Issue 2, Fall/Automne 2011
* Symposium *
. . . a valuable contribution to scholarship bridging analytic and Continental concerns. . . . clear and largely jargon-free. . . . Recommended.January 2009
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Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations of Texts by Merleau-Ponty
Introduction: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy: "Singing the World"
Prelude: Scenes from the Cartesian Theater
1. The Sensation Fallacy: Toward a Phenomenology of Perception
2. The Secret Life of Things
3. Singing the Living Body Electric
4. Elemental Alterity: Self and Others
5. Later Developments: Ecart, Reversibility, and the Flesh of the World
6. Expression and the Origin of Geometry
7. Behold "The Speaking Word": The Expressive Life of Language
Conclusion: The Visible and the Invisible
Appendix: The Multiple Meanings of Flesh in Merleau-Ponty's Late Writings
Notes
Bibliography
Index
