The voice of no one : Merleau-Ponty on nature and time

The book addresses Merleau-Pontys so-called ontology of the flesh, a rather obscure expression that the book explains in depth by drawing from Merleau-Pontys lecture courses, published in the last years. In light of these publications, the book shows the importance and the novelty of Merleau-Pontys later philosophy, which until recently has been seldom addressed in its entirety. Thanks to the knowledge of the whole range of Merleau-Pontys now published body of work and of the as yet unpublished texts, as well as a scholarship acquired through more than 20 years spent working on these themes, the author of the book is able to offer a groundbreaking interpretation of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, whose philosophical relevance is now widely acknowledged both in Europe and the USA, and whose scholarship is fast growing, while at the same time still lacking an overall systematic assessment, which this book aims to provide. The book addresses Merleau-Ponty's so-called ontology of the flesh, a rather obscure expression that the book explains in depth by drawing from Merleau-Ponty's lecture courses, published in the last years. In light of these publications, the book shows the importance and the novelty of Merleau-Ponty's later philosophy, which until recently has been seldom addressed in its entirety. Thanks to the knowledge of the whole range of Merleau-Ponty's now published and of the still unpublished texts, and a scholarship acquired through more than 20 years spent working on these themes, the author of the book is able to offer a ground-breaking interpretation of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, whose philosophical relevance is now widely acknowledged both in Europe and the USA, and whose scholarship is fast growing, while at the same time still lacking an overall systematic assessment, which this book aims to provide INTRODUCTION READING MERLEAU-PONTY'S ONTOLOGY OF THE FLESH FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT SECTION ONE THE METHOD OF THE FLESH I. MERLEAU-PONTY'S PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD: THE RADICALIZATION OF THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL REDUCTION II. DIALECTIC AND HYPERDIALECTIC III. CHIASMS IV. TOGETHERNESS AND SEPARATION SECTION TWO TIME V. TEMPORALITY OF THE FLESH AND TEMPORALITY OF THE SUBJECT VI. PASSIVITY VII. NEGATIVITY VIII. METAMORPHOSIS SECTION THREE NATURE IX. THE PROBLEM OF NATURE BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS X. RAW BEING AND THE BARBARIC PRINCIPLE XI. PROCESSES AND EVENTS XII. PRESENTING THE UNPRESENTABLE CONCLUSIONS