This collection is the first extended investigation of the
relation between time and memory in Maurice Merleau-Ponty's thought
as a whole as well as the first to explore in depth the
significance of his concept of institution. It brings the French
phenomenologist's views on the self and ontology into contemporary
focus. "Time, Memory, Institution" argues that the self is not a
self-contained or self-determining identity, as such, but is
gathered out of a radical openness to what is not self, and that it
gathers itself in a time that is not merely a given dimension, but
folds back upon, gathers, and institutes itself.
Access to previously unavailable texts, in particular
Merleau-Ponty's lectures on institution and expression, has
presented scholars with new resources for thinking about time,
memory, and history. These essays represent the best of this new
direction in scholarship; they deepen our understanding of self and
world in relation to time and memory; and they give occasion to
reexamine Merleau-Ponty's contribution and relevance to
contemporary Continental philosophy.
This volume is essential reading for scholars of phenomenology and
French philosophy, as well as for the many readers across the arts,
humanities, and social sciences who continue to draw insight and
inspiration from Merleau-Ponty.
Contributors Elizabeth Behnke, Edward Casey, Veronique Foti, Donald
Landes, Kirsten Jacobson, Galen Johnson, Michael Kelly, Scott
Marratto, Glen Mazis, Caterina Rea, John Russon, Robert Vallier,
and Bernhard Waldenfels
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