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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793097203321

Autore

Alloa Emmanuel

Titolo

Resistance of the Sensible World : An Introduction to Merleau-Ponty / / Emmanuel Alloa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-8232-7571-X

0-8232-7715-1

0-8232-7570-1

0-8232-7569-8

9780823275694

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

BarbarasRenaud

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Phenomenology - History

Philosophy, Modern

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the French.

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Translator’s Note -- Abbreviations of Merleau- Ponty’s Works -- Introduction: Return to the Obvious -- 1. Perception -- 2. Language -- 3. Ontology of the Visible -- Conclusion: Toward Dia- Phenomenology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of concepts

Sommario/riassunto

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a comprehensive analysis of the three main phases of Merleau-Ponty’s thinking and a thorough knowledge of his many unpublished manuscripts, the author traces how Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy evolved and exposes the remarkable coherence that structures it from within.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.