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French phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued for the primary role perception plays in understanding the world as well as engaging with it. As a contributor to phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty faced his fair share of criticisms. In this new book, Douglas Low comes to the defense of both Merleau-Ponty and phenomenology.
In Defense of Phenomenology uses Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to counter the criticisms raised in Vincent Descombes’s Modern French Philosophy point by point, arguing that it often misunderstood or misrepresented Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy. Low clarifies Merleau-Ponty’s claims, then makes the case for them. He also argues against Renaud Barbaras’s well-known positions that there is a break in the development of Merleau-Ponty’s thought, that Merleau-Ponty abandoned his earlier phenomenology, and that Merleau-Ponty equated being with phenomena. Low also clarifies Merleau-Ponty’s complex relationship to Hegel and Marx. Finally, Low addresses the later works of Jean Baudrillard and their move away from phenomenology toward a more postmodernist philosophy, in which language and mass media images dominate culture and even construct our worldview.
In Defense of Phenomenology asserts that Merleau-Ponty more sensibly argued that even though humanity’s interpretation of the world is influenced by language and the media, these linguistic and media messages are first suggested by a person’s needful, embodied encounters with the world and with others. These messages would make little sense if they did not relate back to this more primordial encounter.
In Defense of Phenomenology uses Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to counter the criticisms raised in Vincent Descombes’s Modern French Philosophy point by point, arguing that it often misunderstood or misrepresented Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy. Low clarifies Merleau-Ponty’s claims, then makes the case for them. He also argues against Renaud Barbaras’s well-known positions that there is a break in the development of Merleau-Ponty’s thought, that Merleau-Ponty abandoned his earlier phenomenology, and that Merleau-Ponty equated being with phenomena. Low also clarifies Merleau-Ponty’s complex relationship to Hegel and Marx. Finally, Low addresses the later works of Jean Baudrillard and their move away from phenomenology toward a more postmodernist philosophy, in which language and mass media images dominate culture and even construct our worldview.
In Defense of Phenomenology asserts that Merleau-Ponty more sensibly argued that even though humanity’s interpretation of the world is influenced by language and the media, these linguistic and media messages are first suggested by a person’s needful, embodied encounters with the world and with others. These messages would make little sense if they did not relate back to this more primordial encounter.
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Douglas Low is faculty member and librarian at John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida. His specializations include nineteenth- and twentieth-century continental philosophy, ethics, social/political philosophy, history of philosophy, and epistemology. In addition, he is the author of Merleau-Ponty’s Last Vision and The Existential Dialectic of Marx and Merleau-Ponty.
语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 218 ● ISBN 9781412863858 ● 文件大小 0.4 MB ● 出版者 Transaction Publishers ● 发布时间 2016 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5514706 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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