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Sense and Non-Sense (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Patricia Allen Dreyfus Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Paperback. Written between 1945 and 1947, these essays provide an excellent introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought. They summarize his previous insights and exhibit their widest range of application--in aesthetics, ethics, politics, and the sciences of man. Each essay opens new perspectives to man's search for reason. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Written between 1945 and 1947, the essays in Sense and Non-Sense provide an excellent introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought. They summarize his previous insights and exhibit their widest range of application-in aesthetics, ethics, politics, and the sciences of man. Each essay opens new perspectives to man's search for reason.
The first part of Sense and Non-Sense, "Arts," is concerned with Merleau-Ponty's concepts of perception, which were advanced in his major philosophical treatise, Phenomenology of Perception. Here the analysis is focused and enriched in descriptions of the perceptual world of Cezanne, the encounter with the Other as expressed in the novels ... Read more
Written between 1945 and 1947, the essays in Sense and Non-Sense provide an excellent introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought. They summarize his previous insights and exhibit their widest range of application-in aesthetics, ethics, politics, and the sciences of man. Each essay opens new perspectives to man's search for reason.
The first part of Sense and Non-Sense, "Arts," is concerned with Merleau-Ponty's concepts of perception, which were advanced in his major philosophical treatise, Phenomenology of Perception. Here the analysis is focused and enriched in descriptions of the perceptual world of Cezanne, the encounter with the Other as expressed in the novels ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
193
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810101661
SKU
V9780810101661
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Reviews for Sense and Non-Sense (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Although generally ignored in this country, Merleau-Ponty is one of the most influential and gifted philosophers to emerge from the holocaust of World War II. Thanks to this series, some of his works are now appearing for the first time in English translation." —Choice "For the English-speaking psychologist who is interested generally in phenomenological psychology and in Merleau-Ponty's philosophy ... Read more