Desire and Distance - Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception

Zusatztext "As an attempt to grasp the specificity of the phenomenon as it comes to be, that of the world within which it appears, and that of the subject to whom it becomes apparent, Desire and Distance is an ambitious, dense, rigorously argued work of philosophy in the phenomenological tradition, certainly amongst the most original of recent years." Informationen zum Autor Renaud Barbaras is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Klappentext Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought, a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, though it departs in significant and original ways from their work. Barbaras's overall goal is to develop a philosophy of what "life" is--one that would do justice to the question of embodiment and its role in perception and the formation of the human subject. Barbaras posits that desire and distance inform the concept of "life." Levinas identified a similar structure in Descartes's notion of the infinite. For Barbaras, desire and distance are anchored not in meaning, but in a rethinking of the philosophy of biology and, in consequence, cosmology. > Zusammenfassung Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought - a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty - though it departs in significant and original ways from their work.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Renaud Barbaras, Renaud/ Milan Barbaras
• Con la collaborazione di: Paul Milan (Traduzione), Paul B Milan (Traduzione), Paul B. Milan (Traduzione), Paul Breslin Milan (Traduzione)
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2005
• EAN: 9780804746441
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4644-1
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie