ROUTLEDGE PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION 2011 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION

PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

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ISBN: 9780415558693 STORE DATE: 2011

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AUTHOR: MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY



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First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's monumental

Phenomenologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major

new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe

Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and

phenomenology at the time, it has become one of the landmark

works of twentieth-century thought. This new translation, the

first for over fifty years, makes this classic work of philosophy

available to a new generation of readers

Phenomenology of Perception stands in the great phenomenological

tradition of Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre. Yet Merleau-Ponty's

contribution is decisive, as he brings this tradition and other

philosophical predecessors, particularly Descartes and Kant, to

confront a neglected dimension of our experience: the lived body

and the phenomenal world. Charting a bold course between the

reductionism of science on the one hand and "intellectualism" on

the other, Merleau-Ponty argues that we should regard the body

not as a mere biological or physical unit, but as the body which

structures one's situation and experience within the

world



Merleau-Ponty enriches his classic work with engaging studies of

famous cases in the history of psychology and neurology as well

as phenomena that continue to draw our attention, such as phantom

limb syndrome, synaesthesia, and hallucination. This new

translation includes many helpful features such as the

reintroduction of Merleau-Ponty's discursive Table of Contents as

subtitles into the body of the text, a comprehensive Translator's

Introduction to its main themes, essential notes explaining key

terms of translation, an extensive Index, and an important

updating of Merleau-Ponty's references to now available English

translations



Also included is a new foreword by Taylor Carman and an

introduction to Merleau-Ponty by Claude Lefort



Translated by Donald A. Landes