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Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important figures in the existential and phenomenological traditions in twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for students encountering Merleau-Ponty's philosophy for the first time. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and takes the reader though the key themes in Merleau-Ponty's work, casting light on complex ideas, including - crucially - his interpretations of 'perception', 'embodiment' and 'behaviour'. Most importantly this Guide for the Perplexed offers a full and autho

Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important European philosophers of the 20th century, whose work made enormous contributions to the development of phenomenology and the concept of the lived-body. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all Merleau-Ponty's key works and focussing particularly on the hugely important The Phenomenology of Perception, Starting with Merleau-Ponty leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Merleau-P

The philosophical contributions of French phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, carry great untapped potential for theologians thinking through some of the central affirmations of the Christian faith. This exploration is structured against the background of the fundamental interrelation between three ""bodies"" in Merleau-Ponty's thought and in Christian theology: the material as such or ""nature"" (the corporeal), the human body as a living body (the corporal), and the social body (the corporate-including language and tradition). Merleau-Ponty's philosophy offers a finessed and non-reductio

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Introduction -- Note on the Translation -- Typographical Information -- Course Notes from the Collège de France, 1953 -- Preparatory Lecture Notes -- Working Notes -- Translator's Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 - Expression in Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics -- Chapter 1 - Primordial Perception and Artistic Expression: Merleau- Pontyand Cézanne -- Chapter 2 - Expression, Institution, and the Field: A Searching Itinerary -- Chapter 3 - Painterly and Phenomenological Interrogation in "Eye and Mind" -- Part 2 - Expression in Animal Life -- Chapter 4 - The Expressivity of Animal Behavior: Embryogenesis and Environing Worlds -- Chapter 5 - The Expressivity of Animal Appearance and of Directive and Instinctual Activities -- Part 3 - Expression in Merleau-Ponty's Ontology -- Chapter 6 - The Role of Expression in Merleau-Ponty's Dialogue with the Rationalists -- Chapter 7 - The Irreducibility of Expression: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology and Its Wider Implications -- Concluding Thoughts -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Topics

The work of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty touches on some of the most essential and vital concerns of the world today, yet his ideas are difficult and not widely understood. Lawrence Hass redresses this problem by offering an exceptionally clear, carefully argued, critical appreciation of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. Hass provides insight into the philosophical methods and major concepts that characterize Merleau-Ponty's thought. Questions concerning the nature of phenomenology, perceptual exper