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Beauvoir
becoming
being
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continental
continental philosophy
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embodiment
epistemology
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existential
existentialism
hegel
Heidegger
Henry
human nature
Husserl
kant
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meaning of life
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ontology
phenomenological
phenomenology
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Scheler
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Product details
- ISBN 9780810101647
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1964
- Publisher: Northwestern University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Primacy of Perception brings together a number of important studies by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that appeared in various publications from 1947 to 1961. The title essay, which is in essence a presentation of the underlying thesis of his Phenomenology of Perception, is followed by two courses given by Merleau-Ponty at the Sorbonne on phenomenological psychology. "Eye and Mind" and the concluding chapters present applications of Merleau-Ponty's ideas to the realms of art, philosophy of history, and politics. Taken together, the studies in this volume provide a systematic introduction to the major themes of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Karl Marx, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger in addition to being closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre (who later stated he had been "converted" to Marxism by Merleau-Ponty ) and Simone de Beauvoir. At the core of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy is a sustained argument for the foundational role that perception plays in understanding the world as well as engaging with the world. Like the other major phenomenologists, Merleau-Ponty expressed his philosophical insights in writings on art, literature, linguistics, and politics.
