The Possibility of Philosophy - Course Notes from the College de France, 1959-1961 (Paperback)

The Possibility of Philosophy presents the notes that Maurice Merleau-Ponty prepared for three courses he taught at the CollEge de France: "The Possibility of Philosophy Today," given in the spring semester of 1959; and "Cartesian Ontology and Ontology Today" and "Philosophy and Nonphilosophy since Hegel," both given in the spring semester of 1961. The last two courses remain incomplete due to Merleau-Ponty's unexpected death on May 3, 1961. Nonetheless, they provide indications of the new ontology that informed The Visible and the Invisible, a posthumously published work that was under way at the same time. These courses offer readers of Merleau-Ponty's late thought a wealth of references-to painting, literature, and psychoanalysis, and to the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Descartes, Hegel, and Marx-that fill in some of the missing pieces of The Visible and the Invisible, especially its often terse and sometimes cryptic working notes. We see more clearly how Merleau-Ponty's attempt to bring forth a new ontology indicates a fundamental revision in what it means to think, an attempt to reimagine the possibility of philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Northwestern University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Release date:	2022
Authors:	Maurice Merleau-Ponty • Keith Whitmoyer • Claude Lefort
Editors:	Stephanie Menase
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-8101-4453-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism
LSN:	0-8101-4453-0
Barcode:	9780810144538

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