Phenomenology and the Social World: The Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty and Its Relation to the Social Sciences Contributor(s): Spurling, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415703174 ISBN-13: 9780415703178 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Methodology - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 300.1 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology |
Physical Information: 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The term 'phenomenology' has become almost as over-used and emptied of meaning as that other word from Continental Philosophy, namely 'existentialism'. Yet Husserl, who first put forward the phenomenological method, considered it a rigorous alternative to positivism, and in the hands of Merleau-Ponty, a disciple of Husserl in France, phenomenology became a way of gaining a disciplined and coherent perspective on the world in which we live. When this study originally published in 1977 there were only a few books in English on Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. It introduced the reader and suggested how his thought might throw light on some of the assumptions and presuppositions of certain contemporary forms of Anglo-Saxon philosophy and social science. It also demonstrates how phenomenology seeks to unite philosophy and social science, rather than define them as mutually exclusive domains of knowledge. |