Perception and its development in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology / edited by Kirsten Jacobson and John Russon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobson, Kirsten, 1973- editor.

Russon, John, 1960- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961. Phénoménologie de la perception.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Phénoménologie de la perception (Merleau-Ponty, Maurice).

Phenomenology.

Perception (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

ix, 373 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908--1961) shifted the terrain of western philosophy when he identified the body, rather than consciousness, as the primary site of our meaningful engagement with the world. His magnum opus, The Phenomenology of Perception (1945), revolutionized work in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science and other fields. Perception and Its Development in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology brings together essays from fifteen leading Merleau-Ponty scholars to demonstrate the continuing significance of Merleau-Ponty's analysis. Mirroring the progression found in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception, the essays in this volume engage in original phenomenological research to demonstrate the dynamic development of perceptual life from perception's most foundational forms (spatiality, temporality, intentionality, etc.) to its richest articulations in political life and artistic activity. This comprehensive volume is a powerful resource for students and scholars alike studying Merleau-Ponty's philosophy and serves both as a commentary upon and companion to his The Phenomenology of Perception."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: perception and its development

Part I. Passivity and intersubjectivity

Freedom and passivity: attention, work, and language

The image and the workspace: Merleau-Ponty and Levinas on passivity and rhythmic subjectivity

The "entre-deux" of emotions: emotions as institutions

Perceiving through another: incorporation and the child perceiver

Part II. Generality and objectivity

Neglecting space: making sense of a partial loss of one's world through a phenomenological account of the spatiality of embodiment

Moving into being: the motor basis of perception, balance, and reading

On the nature of space: getting from motricity to reflection and back again

Merleau-Ponty and the phenomenology of natural time

Part III. Meaning and ambiguity

Institution, expression, and the temporality of meaning in Merleau-Ponty

Implications of Merleau-Ponty's account of binocularity

Alterity and expression in Merleau-Ponty: a response to Levinas

Part IV. Expression

Aesthetic ideas: developing the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty with the art of Matta-Clark

Flesh as the space of mourning: Maurice Merleau-Ponty meets Ana Mendieta

Phenomenology and the body politic: Merleau-Ponty, Cézanne, and democracy

Phenomenology as first-order perception: speech, vision, and reflection in Merleau-Ponty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index.

ISBN:

9781487501280

1487501285

OCLC:

961002754