Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

__Assesses the importance of Merleau-Ponty to current and ongoing concerns in contemporary philosophy.__ Contents Texts of Merleau-Ponty’s, Abbreviated Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy: An Introduction The Texts Legacies Mind and Nature Politics, Power, Institution Art and Creation Notes Legacies The Three Senses of Flesh: Concerning an Impasse in Merleau-Ponty’s Ontology Notes Vortex of Time. Merleau-Ponty on Temporality I II III IV V VI Notes Undergoing an Experience: Sensing, Bodily Affordances, and the Institution of the Self 1. What Are Sensations About? 2. Two Fallacies of Empiricism The Internalist Fallacy The Atomistic Fallacy 3. The Diacritical Field of Experience 4. Affordances 5. Responsivity 6. Institution of the Self Notes Between Sense and Non-Sense: Merleau-Ponty and “The Silence of the Absolute Language” Notes Mind and Nature The Truth of Naturalism Notes The Panpsychism Question in Merleau-Ponty’s Ontology The Panpsychism Question Toward a Panpsychist Reading of Flesh The Elusive Basis of the Sentient-Insentient Distinction Panpsychism and Audacity Notes Merleau-Ponty and Biosemiotics: From the Issue of Meaning in Living Beings to a New Deal between Science and Metaphysics Biosemiotics and the Issue of Ambiguous Meaning Oneiric Meaning? Portmann’s Conceptualization of the Appearance of Animals Fantasy in Animal Appearance. Facts and Speculations in Portmann’s Work Merleau-Ponty’s Ontological Approach to Biology: The Lateral Relationship between Meaning for Us and Meaning in Other Living Bei Life, as an Object of Study, Has Decentered our Concepts and Paradigms Meaning in Life: Merleau-Ponty’s Ontological Approach Notes Politics, Power, Institution The Institution of the Law: Merleau-Ponty and Lefort Notes Post-Truth Politics and the Paradox of Power Introduction: Merleau-Ponty on the Outside Philosophy and Non-Philosophy Perceptual Faith Power and Perceptual Faith Power as Ontological Principle Conclusion Notes Institutional Habits: About Bodies and Orientations that Don’t Fit The Habitual Body Diversity Work and Habit Change Breaking the Feather Conclusion: Diversity Work and Disorientation Notes Art and Creation Art after the Sublime in Merleau-Ponty and André Breton Aesthetics and the Politics of Mad Love I II III Notes Institution and Critique of the Museum in “Indirect Language and the Voices of Silence” Institution and the Critique of Philosophical Spectation Merleau-Ponty and New Curation Notes Deleuze’s “Philosophy-Cinema”: A Variation on Merleau-Ponty’s “A-Philosophy”? Notes Strong Beauty: In Face of Structures of Exclusion On Strong Beauty Nature and Art Strong Beauty in Art The Resilience of Strong Beauty Notes Epilogue Merleau-Ponty: An Attempt at a Response Notes Contributors Index "Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century philosophy. The recent publication of his lecture courses and posthumous working notes has opened new avenues for both the interpretation of his thought and philosophy in general. These works confirm that, with a surprising premonition, Merleau-Ponty addressed many of the issues that concern philosophy today. With the benefit of this fuller picture of his thought, Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy undertakes an assessment of the philosopher's relevance for contemporary thinking. Covering a diverse range of topics, including ontology, epistemology, anthropology, embodiment, animality, politics, language, aesthetics, and art, the editors gather representative voices from North America and Europe, including both Merleau-Ponty specialists and thinkers who have come to the philosopher's work through their own thematic interest"