The Being of the Phenomenon: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Studies in Continental Thought)

Renaud Barbaras's De l'être du phénomène: l’ontologie de Merleau-Ponty, published in 1991, is considered one of the most powerful and complete elaborations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s thought. A translators’ introduction situates Barbaras in contemporary philosophical debates and develops his guiding insights into Merleau-Ponty’s thought.

renaud Barbaras's De L'être Du Phénomène: L'ontologie De Merleau-ponty, Published In 1991, Is Considered One Of The Most Powerful And Complete Elaborations Of Maurice Merleau-ponty's Thought. Almost Single-handedly, Barbaras Has Been Responsible For Reviving Current Interest In Merleau-ponty's Works. In The First English Translation Of This Important And Influential Work, Ted Toadvine And Leonard Lawlor Present Barbaras's Rich And Profound Analysis Of The History Of Merleau-ponty's Philosophical Development From Phenomenology Of Perception To The Visible And The Invisible. Toadvine And Lawlor's Translation Communicates The Subtle Thought Of The Original With Accuracy And Elegance. A Translators' Introduction Situates Barbaras In Contemporary Philosophical Debates And Develops His Guiding Insights Into Merleau-ponty's Thought. The Being Of The Phenomenon Opens European Post-structuralism To Further Study And Is Certain To Inspire New Thinking About The Origins Of Merleau-ponty's Phenomenology.

Part I. Toward ontology -- The dualism of phenomenology of perception -- The other (Autrui) -- The problem of expression -- From speech to being -- Phenomenology and ontology -- Part II. Philosophical interrogation -- The "diplopia" of cartesian ontology -- Fact and essence : phenomenology -- Being and nothingness : dialectic -- Philosophical interrogation -- Part III. The visible -- Introduction -- The flesh : the visible and the invisible -- Dimensionality : the thing and the world -- Originary spatio-temporality -- Merleau-Ponty's leibnizianism -- Part IV. The invisible -- Introduction -- The inner frame of intersubjectivity -- Desire -- The flesh of ideality -- The last chiasm [21] Expressed as early as the introduction to The Structure of Behavior, Merleau-Ponty's purpose lies in understanding the relation between consciousness and nature.