The Debate Between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) represent two of the most important figures in the modern European intellectual tradition. Their thought has profoundly influenced most of the major schools of contemporary philosophy and social theory, including phenomenology, existentialism, Marxism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and hermeneutics.
The Debate between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty provides a balanced portrait of the intellectual relationship between these two men. Essays by leading scholars as well as selections from the primary texts of Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir address the numerous points of contact and cover the major themes of the debate from the different periods in their shared history. A biographical overview introduces the work and provides a context for the theoretical issues taken up in the articles, and an extensive bibliography suggests further readings to supplement the selections included in the volume.

About the author

JON STEWART is an associate research professor at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He is the editor of The Hegel Myths and Legends (Northwestern University Press).

Summary

This collection of essays provides a portrait of the intellectual relationship between these two men. It addresses several points of contact and covers themes of the debate from the different periods in their shared history.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Stewart
• Assisted by: David Michael Kleinberg-Levin (Editor), John McCumber (Editor), Dr. Jon Stewart (Editor), Jon Stewart (Editor), Jon Bartley Stewart (Editor)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780810115323
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-1532-3
• No. of pages: 634
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 903 g
• Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Studies in Phenomenology and E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day