The Debate Between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

The Debate between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty provides a balanced portrait of the intellectual relationship between these two men. Essays by leading scholars as well as selections from the primary texts of Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir address the numerous points of contact and cover the major themes of the debate from the different periods in their shared history. A biographical overview introduces the work and provides a context for the theoretical issues taken up in the articles, and an extensive bibliography suggests further readings to supplement the selections included in the volume. This Collection Of Essays Provides A Portrait Of The Intellectual Relationship Between These Two Men. It Addresses Several Points Of Contact And Covers Themes Of The Debate From The Different Periods In Their Shared History. 1. Sartre, Merleau-ponty, And The Hole In Being / Leo Rauch -- 2. For-itself And In-itself In Sartre And Merleau-ponty / John M. Moreland -- 3. Sartre And Merleau-ponty: The Case For A Modified Essentialism / Colin Smith -- 4. On Ontology And Politics: A Polemic / James F. Sheridan -- 5. Merleau-ponty's Critique Of Sartre's Philosophy: An Interpretative Account / Margaret Whitford -- 6. Phenomenology, Consciousness, And Freedom / C. M. T. Hanly -- 7. The Existence Of Alter Egos: Jean-paul Sartre And Maurice Merleau-ponty / François H. Lapointe -- 8. Sartre And Merleau-ponty: A Reappraisal / Monika Langer -- 9. Sartre On The Phenomenal Body And Merleau-ponty's Critique / Martin C. Dillon -- 10. Touch And Vision: Rethinking With Merleau-ponty Sartre On The Caress / Glen A. Mazis -- 11. The Body And The Book: Reading Being And Nothingness / Joseph S. Catalano -- 12. Sartre, Merleau-ponty, And Human Freedom / John J. Compton -- 13. Freedom: Merleau-ponty's Critique Of Sartre / Ronald L. Hall -- 14. Merleau-ponty's Criticisms Of Sartre's Theory Of Freedom / Jon Stewart -- 15. Sartre And Merleau-ponty: An Existentialist Quarrel / Graham Daniels -- 16. Vicissitudes Of The Dialectic: From Merleau-ponty's Adventures Of The Dialectic To Sartre's Second Critique / Ronald Aronson -- 17. Merleau-ponty And The Critique Of Dialectical Reason / Thomas R. Flynn -- 18. Sartre And Merleau-ponty / Mikel Dufrenne -- 19. The Aesthetic Dialogue Of Sartre And Merleau-ponty / Marjorie Grene -- 20. Situation And Temporality / John O'neill -- 21. Philosophy And Political Engagement: Letters From The Quarrel Between Sartre And Merleau-ponty / Jon Stewart -- 22. Sartre And Ultrabolshevism (from Adventures Of The Dialectic) / Maurice Merleau-ponty -- 23. Merleau-ponty And Pseudo-sartreanism / Simone De Beauvoir -- 24. The Philosophy Of Existence ; 25. Introduction To Signs ; 26. Interrogation And Dialectic (from The Visible And The Invisible) / Maurice Merleau-ponty -- 27. Merleau-ponty Vivant / Jean-paul Sartre. Edited By Jon Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 627-629).