Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed

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 authoritative explication of Merleau-Ponty''s phenomenological account of human behaviour.

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• Authors: Eric Matthews, Eric (University of Aberdeen) Matthews, Head of Philosophy Department Eric (Univ Matthews, Professor of Philosophy and Honorary Res Matthews
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2006
• EAN: 9780826485328
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8532-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Guides for the Perplexed; Guides for the Perplexed
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism