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The Retrieval of the Beautiful. Thinking Through Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics.
Galen A. Johnson
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Paperback. Presents the concept of the beautiful through the framework of Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics. This book formulates that the ontology of Flesh as element and the ontology of the Beautiful as elemental are folded together, for Desire, Love, and Beauty are part of the fabric of the world's element, Flesh itself. Series Editor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
In this elegant new study, Galen Johnson retrieves the concept of the beautiful through the framework of Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics. Although Merleau-Ponty seldom spoke directly of beauty, his philosophy is essentially about the beautiful. In Johnson's formulation, the ontology of Flesh as element and the ontology of the Beautiful as elemental are folded together, for Desire, Love, and Beauty are part of the fabric of the world's element, Flesh itself, the term at which Merleau-Ponty arrived to replace Substance, Matter, or Life as the name of Being. Merleau-Ponty's ""Eye and Mind"" is at the core of the book, so Johnson engages, ... Read more
In this elegant new study, Galen Johnson retrieves the concept of the beautiful through the framework of Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics. Although Merleau-Ponty seldom spoke directly of beauty, his philosophy is essentially about the beautiful. In Johnson's formulation, the ontology of Flesh as element and the ontology of the Beautiful as elemental are folded together, for Desire, Love, and Beauty are part of the fabric of the world's element, Flesh itself, the term at which Merleau-Ponty arrived to replace Substance, Matter, or Life as the name of Being. Merleau-Ponty's ""Eye and Mind"" is at the core of the book, so Johnson engages, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125667
SKU
V9780810125667
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About Galen A. Johnson
Galen A. Johnson is an honors professor of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island, director of the University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities, and general secretary of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle.
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