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Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception

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Description for Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception Paperback. Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought -- a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty -- though it departs in significant and original ways from their work. Translator(s): Milan, Paul Breslin. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.

Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought, a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, though it departs in significant and original ways from their work. Barbaras's overall goal is to develop a philosophy of what "life" is—one that would do justice to the question of embodiment and its role in perception and the formation of the human subject. Barbaras posits that desire and distance inform the concept of "life." Levinas identified a similar structure in Descartes's notion of the infinite. For Barbaras, desire and ... Read more

Barbaras elaborates and extends the formal structure of desire and distance by drawing on motifs as yet unexplored in the French phenomenological tradition, especially the notions of "life" and the "life-world," which are prominent in the later Husserl but also appear in non-phenomenological thinkers such as Bergson. Barbaras then filters these notions (especially "life") through Merleau-Ponty.

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804746458
SKU
V9780804746458
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About Renaud Barbaras
Renaud Barbaras is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

Reviews for Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception
"Desire and Distance is based on recent research and presents new ideas on the problem of perception—ideas that are quite enticing. Barbaras is the world's leading Merleau-Ponty scholar, but what makes this book remarkable and philosophically important is that Barbaras distances himself from Merleau-Ponty and develops his own set of concepts with a high level of originality. In my opinion, ... Read more

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