Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important figures in the existential and phenomenological traditions in twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for students encountering Merleau-Pontys philosophy for the first time. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and takes the reader though the key themes in Merleau-Pontys work, casting light on complex ideas, including - crucially - his interpretations of perception, embodiment and behaviour. Most importantly this Guide for the Perplexed offers a full and authoritative explication of Merleau-Pontys phenomenological account of human behaviour.
| ISBN: | 9780826485328 |
| Publication date: | 24th May 2006 |
| Author: | Professor Eric Matthews |
| Publisher: | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Guides for the Perplexed |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Western philosophy from c 1800 Phenomenology and Existentialism |