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Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception"

A Guide and Commentary

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  • © 1989

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  1. Monika M. Langer

    1. University of Victoria, Canada

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction: Classical Prejudices and the Return to Phenomena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. ‘Sensation’

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      Pages 3-5

    3. ‘Association’ and ‘Projection of Memories’

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 6-9

    4. ‘Attention’ and ‘Judgment’

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 10-14

    5. The Phenomenal Field

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 15-20

  3. The Body

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-26
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    2. The Body as Object and Mechanistic Physiology

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 27-35

    3. The Experience of the Body and Classical Psychology

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 36-38

    4. The Spatiality of the Body Itself and Motility

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 39-47

    5. The Synthesis of the Body Itself

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 48-48

    6. The Body in its Sexual Being

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 48-55

    7. The Body as Expression and Speech

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 56-66

  4. The Perceived World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-71
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    2. Sensing

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 72-79

    3. Space

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 80-87

    4. The Thing and the Natural World

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 88-96

    5. Others and the Human World

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 97-106

  5. Being-for-Itself and Being-in-the-World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. The Cogito

      • Monika M. Langer
      Pages 109-122
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About this book

This book aims to guide its reader through the notorious difficulties of Merleau-Pony's famous "Phenomenology of Perception". The author contextualizes, reconstructs, clarifies and, where necessary, completes Merleau-Ponty's analyses chapter by chapter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Victoria, Canada

    Monika M. Langer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception"

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide and Commentary

  • Authors: Monika M. Langer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19761-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45291-2Published: 10 February 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19761-3Published: 10 February 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 208

  • Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Phenomenology

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