I. Merleau-Ponty et la Psychologie 1. Catherine Malabou, «Phantom Limbs and Plasticity: Merleau-Ponty and Current Neurobiology» 2. Anna Petronella Foultier, «Incarnated Meaning and the Notion of Gestalt in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology» 3. Dorel Bucur, «Le Rapport a autrui comme structure (Gestalt)» 4. Christopher Lapierre, «Entre conscience et inconscient. Une lecture du probleme de la passivite chez Sartre et Merleau-Ponty» 5. Isabelle Letellier, «Le Reel et la non-alterite de l'autre. Lacan avec Merleau-Ponty» 6. Randall Johnson, «Aesthesiological Instauration: Ongoing Originating in Etienne Souriau and Merleau-Ponty» 7. Gleisson Roberto Schmidt, «Merleau-Ponty et la rehabilitation du naturalisme freudien» 8. Ronald Mortsyn, «Merleau-Ponty's ‘Nightmare' and the Rise of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) as a Turning Away from the Truth of Adversity» II. Merleau-Ponty et l'Esthetique 9. Renaud Babaras, «La phenomenologie et le poetique» 10. Anna Caterina Dalmasso (Dillon Award), «L'artiste et l'adversite. Hasard et creation chez Merleau-Ponty» 11. Guy-Felix Duportail, «La sainte victoire de Cezanne» III. Merleau-Ponty et Ricoeur 12. Rita Messori, «In punta di parole: figura e metafora in Maurice Merleau- Ponty e Paul Ricoeur» 13. Claire Dodeman, «"Un Selbst qui est un autre": la Figure d'Ulysse chez Paul Ricoeur et Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Ontologie du soi et phenomenologie de l'agir» 14. Michael Foessel, «"Le sens et le sensible". Le differend Merleau- Ponty/Ricoeur sur l'autorite de la perception» 15. Lamberto Colombo, «Metafisica ed esperienza in Ricoeur e Merleau-Ponty» 16. Jean-Philippe Pierron, «La prose du monde ou le monde comme un texte? Ricoeur, lecteur de Merleau-Ponty» Varia - Diverse - Varia 17. Caterina di Fazio, «Il Corpo Libero. Note sulla fenomenologia del movimento in Merleau-Ponty» 18. Annabelle Dufourcq, «‘Sous les masques il n'y a pas de visages': l'ethique merleau-pontienne entre probleme de l'alterite radicale, foi et institution» Comptes rendus - Book reviews
This collection is the first extended investigation of the relation between time and memory in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s thought as a whole and the first to explore in depth the significance of his concept of institution. It brings the French phenomenologist’s views on the self and ontology into contemporary focus. Time, Memory, Institution argues that the self is not a self-contained or self-determining identity, as such; it is gathered out of a radical openness to what is not self, and that it gathers itself in a time that is not merely a given dimension, but folds back upon, gathers, and institutes itself. Access to previously unavailable texts, in particular Merleau-Ponty’s lectures on institution and expression, has presented scholars with new resources for thinking about time, memory, and history. These essays represent the best of this new direction in scholarship; they deepen our understanding of self and world in relation to time and memory; and they give occasion to reexamine Merleau-Ponty’s contribution and relevance to contemporary Continental philosophy. This volume is essential reading for scholars of phenomenology and French philosophy, as well as for the many readers across the arts, humanities, and social sciences who continue to draw insight and inspiration from Merleau-Ponty. Contributors: Elizabeth Behnke, Edward Casey, Véronique Fóti, Donald Landes, Kirsten Jacobson, Galen Johnson, Michael Kelly, Scott Marratto, Glen Mazis, Caterina Rea, John Russon, Robert Vallier, and Bernhard Waldenfels
Essays exploring a rich intersection between phenomenology and idealism with contemporary relevance. Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schellings philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.
Hugh J. Silverman was an inspiring scholar and teacher, known for his work engaging and shaping phenomenology, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, structuralism, poststructuralism, and deconstruction. As Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Silverman's work was marked by "the between," a concept he developed to think the postmodern in the space between philosophy and non-philosophy. In this volume, leading scholars explore and extend Silverman's philosophical contributions, from reflections on the notions of care, time, and responsibility, to presentations of the practices and possibilities of deconstruction itself. They provide an assessment of Silverman's life and work at the intersection of philosophy, ethics, and politics.
Building on the thriving discussion on the role of attention within the phenomenological tradition, from Aron Gurwitsch and Merleau-Ponty to Bernhard Waldenfels, this book investigates the enigmatic role of attention as a faculty that enables change within subjective and intersubjective experience. The aim of the book is to reveal some characteristics of the processes in which subjects are unmade and remade, and to highlight how we are able to change our relation to an empirical world that nevertheless has unity and constancy in our perception.
Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl explores the relationship between two of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century: Edmund Husserl, the father of modern phenomenology, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considered by many to be his greatest philosophical heir. While Merleau-Ponty's influence on the dissemination and reception of Husserl's thought is indisputable, unresolved questions remain concerning the philosophical projects of these two thinkers: Does phenomenology first reach its true potential in Merleau-Ponty's hands, guided by his appreciation of the tacit goals underlying Husserl's philosophical project? Or is Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology a creative but ultimately misdirected appropriation of Husserl's work? In this volume, the first devoted to a comparison of the work of these two philosophers, ten leading scholars draw on the latest research and newly available manuscripts to offer novel insights into Merleau-Ponty's reading of Husserl - with implications for our understanding of phenomenology's significance, its method, and the future of philosophy.
The concept of chiasm has played major role in continental philosophy, where it has referred to various phenomenological and hermeneutic structures of reversibility, intertwining, and encounter. In Chiasmatic Encounters: Art, Ethics, Politics, fourteen international contributors representing various fields of expertise analyze this central concept and its significance for contemporary cultural theory. The authors discuss the work of major philosophers like Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir, Habermas, Levinas, Derrida, and Deleuze, adapting their ideas of chiasmatic relations to cultural analysis. As the internal and external horizons of perception and experience are intertwined and reversed, various cultural texts, like a Vermeer painting, a symphony of Sibelius, a David Lynch movie, or a young girl walking in her summer dress, are seen from new and unexpected angles. The book also addresses the chiasmatic crossing between ethics and politics-- between unconditional ethical responsibility and always conditional political choices. Representing the cutting edge of contemporary cultural theory and interdisciplinary thinking, Chiasmatic Encounters is essential reading for anyone working in continental philosophy, aesthetics, or political theory.
De l'Italie au Mexique, et jusqu'au Japon, puis retour aux Etats-Unis. En parcourant l'annus mirabilis qui a vu le centenaire de la naissance de Merleau-Ponty celebre partout, Chiasmi International en restitue quelques-uns des echos les plus significatifs dans ce numero qui presente egalement d'importantes nouveautes dans la structure de la revue. Le transfert de son siege americain et un changement dans la direction accompagnent les contributions des specialistes merleau-pontiens parmi les plus representatifs de quatre generations differentes. Les comptes-rendus et une nouvelle section d'essais autour de la pensee de Merleau-Ponty completent ce volume par lequel Chiasmi International passe le cap de son dixieme anniversaire.
