Resistance of the Sensible World An Introduction to Merleau-Ponty

In this book, Emmanuel Alloa offers a handrail for venturing into the complexities of the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61). Through a comprehensive analysis of the three main phases of Merleau-Ponty's thinking and a thorough knowledge of his many unpublished manuscripts, the author traces how Merleau-Ponty's philosophy evolved and exposes the remarkable coherence that structures it from within.
Alloa teases out the continuity of a motive that traverses the entire oeuvre as a common thread. Merleau-Ponty struggled incessantly against any kind of ideology of transparency, whether of the world, of the self, of knowledge, or of the self's relation to others.
Already translated into several languages, Alloa's innovative reading of this crucially important thinker shows why the issues Merleau-Ponty raised are, more than ever, those of our time.

About the author

Emmanuel Alloa is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Senior Research Fellow at the NCCR Eikones.

Summary

An introduction to the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) which guides through the three main phases of his work. Both for beginners and for confirmed scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Emmanuel Alloa, Emmanuel/ Todd Alloa
• Assisted by: Jane Marie Todd (Translation), Jane Todd (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day
• EAN: 9780823275670
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-7567-0
• Pages: 152
• Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory; Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology