The Logos of the Sensible World: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenological Philosophy Contributor(s): Sallis, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253040450 ISBN-13: 9780253040459 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
Series: Collected Writings of John Sallis |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9" (0.57 lbs) 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume of the collected writings of John Sallis presents a two-semester lecture course on Maurice Merleau-Ponty given at Duquesne University from 1970 to 1971. Devoted primarily to a close reading of the French philosopher's magnum opus, Phenomenology of Perception, the course begins with a detailed analysis of The Structure of Behavior. The central topics considered in the lectures include the functions of the phenomenological body; beyond realism and idealism; the structures of the lived world; spatiality, temporality, language, sexuality; and perception and knowledge. Sallis illuminates Merleau-Ponty's first two works and offers a thread to follow through developments in his later essays. Merleau-Ponty's notion of the primacy of perception and his claim that the end of a philosophy is the account of its beginning are woven throughout the lectures. For Sallis's part, these lectures are foundational for his extended engagement with Merleau-Ponty's The Visible and the Invisible, which was published in Sallis's Phenomenology and the Return to Beginnings. |