| Phys Descr |
xiv, 202 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Series in Continental thought ; No. 52 |
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Series in Continental thought ; No. 52
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| Note |
Text in English |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
In the Shadow of Philosophy: The Problem of Passivity in the Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty -- Reading Merleau-Ponty -- Three Concepts of Passivity -- Summary of Chapters -- Between Husserl and Merleau-Ponty: The Inversion of Phenomenology -- 1. Consciousness and Animality: The Problem of Constituting Activity in The Structure of Behavior -- Consciousness and the Problem of Organic Form -- Genetic Passivity in the Structure of Consciousness -- Epistemology of Form: Learning to Perceive (as) Animals -- Autopoiesis and Transcendental Vitalism versus Melodic Forms -- 2. Passivity of Life: The Problem of the Genesis of Possibility in Institution and Nature -- Generative Passivity of Life in Nature -- Spatiality of Generative Passivity in Life -- Time of Life in Institution: Beyond A Priori and A Posteriori -- Bergson and the Becoming-True of Possibility -- Foucault's Criticisms of Merleau-Ponty's Naturalism -- 3. Passivity of Second Nature: The Genesis of the Person in the Phenomenology of Perception -- Static Phenomenology: The Person as Irreducible Form -- Genetic Grounds of Personality: The Bodily Temporality of Habit -- Habit and the Genetic Passivity of Conscious Activity -- Soil of Habits: The Deconstruction of Generative Passivity -- 4. Intercorporeal Institution of Agency: Merleau-Ponty's Generative Psychology and Politics -- Institution of the Person: The Birth of Sense in Nonsense -- Person as Instituted: Childhood -- Emergence of Instituting Personality: Puberty -- Beyond Liberalism and Social Constructivism: Intercorporeal Agency -- Conclusion: The Hidden Nature of Passivity -- Interpreting Merleau-Ponty: Thinking on the Move -- Gestures at Future Investigations |
| Subject |
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961
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| OCLC # |
1004759487 |
| ISBN # |
9780821423103 |
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082142310X |
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9780821446263 |
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