Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Translations and abbreviations; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Maurice Merleau-Ponty: life and works; 2 A guide to Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts; PART II: INTERVENTIONS; 3 Phenomenology and hyper-reflection -- 4 Existentialism: the new philosophy -- 5 Between empiricism and intellectualism; 6 Psychoanalysis; 7 Philosophy of history; 8 Politics and the political; 9 Art and aesthetics; PART III: INVENTIONS; 10 Body; 11 Perception; 12 Ambiguity; 13 Intersubjectivity and alterity; 14 Expression; 15 Affect and sensibility.;Having initially not had the attention of Sartre or Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty's work is arguably now more widely influential than either of his two contemporaries. ""Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts"" presents an accessible guide to the core ideas which structure Merleau-Ponty's thinking as well as to his influences and the value of his ideas to a wide range of disciplines. The first section of the book presents the context of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, the major debates of his time, particularly existentialism, phenomenology, the history of philosophy and the philosophy of history and society. The s. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Translations and abbreviations PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Maurice Merleau-Ponty: life and works 2 A guide to Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts PART II: INTERVENTIONS 3 Phenomenology and hyper-reflection -- 4 Existentialism: the new philosophy -- 5 Between empiricism and intellectualism 6 Psychoanalysis 7 Philosophy of history 8 Politics and the political 9 Art and aesthetics PART III: INVENTIONS 10 Body 11 Perception 12 Ambiguity 13 Intersubjectivity and alterity 14 Expression 15 Affect and sensibility. 16 Nature and animality17 Chiasm and flesh PART IV: EXTENSIONS 18 Feminism and race theory 19 Cognitive science 20 Living well and health studies 21 Sociology References Index.