Phenomenology, institution and history writings after Merleau-Ponty II Stephen H. Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Stephen H., 1951- author.

Series:

Continuum studies in continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 187 pages).

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This emphasis initially relied heavily on the positive results of Gestalt psychology in addressing issues in philosophical psychology and philosophy of mind from a phenomenological standpoint. However, far less work has been done in addressing his evolving conception of how such an account influenced more general philosophical issues in epistemology, accounts of rationality, or its status of theoretical discourse. Developing the work he has already done in In the Shadow of Phenomenology to address this gap in the literature, Stephen H. Watson further examines the responses to Merleau-Ponty's contributions to these issues. This book emphasises the historical and intersubjective underpinnings of Merleau-Ponty's late accounts, in relation to rationality, institution and community, and examines its implications

Contents:

From the ethics of ambiguity to the dialectics of virtue : Merleau-Ponty in the "ruins of the spirit"

Why phenomenology? : the long farewell to subject-centered rationality

Theoretical crisis, dialogue, and the stoicism of the transcendental singular

The question of community : an interpretation of Lefort

Beyond the antinomies of expression : writing after Merleau-Ponty

Abbreviations

1 From the Ethics of Ambiguity to the Dialectics of Virtue: Merleau-Ponty in the "Ruins of the Spirit."

2 Why Phenomenology? The Long Farewell to Subject-Centered Rationality.

3 Theoretical Crisis, Dialogue, and the Stoicism of the Transcendental Singular.

4 The Question of Community: An Interpretation of Lefort.

5 Writing After Merleau-Ponty.

i. The Reorientation of Phenomenology: Beyond the "Ambition to See Everything

ii. Historicity and "The First-Second Person Singular:" Beyond Analysis.

iii. The Dehiscence of Interpretation and the "Shadowing-Forth (Abschattung)" of the Visible.

iv. Philosophy and the Murmur of the Word.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472547255

147254725X

OCLC:

1029759775