Chiasms : Merleau-Ponty's notion of flesh / edited by Fred Evans and Leonard Lawlor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Fred.

Lawlor, Leonard, 1954-

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Human body (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

x, 280 p.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leading scholars explore the later thought of Merleau-Ponty and its central role in the modernism-postmodernism debate.

Contents:

Intro

CHIASMS: Merleau-Ponty's Notion of Flesh

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION: The Value of Flesh: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy and theModernism/Postmodernism Debate

1. World, Flesh, Vision

2. Flesh and Verb in thePhilosophy of Merleau-Ponty

3. Perception and Movement:The End of the Metaphysical Approach

4. The Paradox of Expression

5. "In Praise of Philosophy":A Hermeneutical Rereading

6. The Thinking of the Sensible

7. Is Merleau-Ponty Inside or Outsidethe History of Philosophy?

8. The World at a Glance

9. Blind Man Seeing:From Chiasm to Hyperreality

10. Merleau-Ponty and theOrigin of Geometry

11. Embodying Perceptions of Death:Emotional Apprehension andReversibilities of Flesh

12. Écart: The Space of Corporeal Difference

13. Wild Meaning: Luce Irigaray'sReading of Merleau-Ponty

14. Recursive Incarnation andChiasmic Flesh: Two Readingsof Paul Celan's "Chymisch"

15. Merleau-Ponty and Feminist Theoryon Experience

CONTRIBUTORS

AUTHOR INDEX

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791492031

0791492036

OCLC:

50553604