Chiasms: Merleau-Ponty's Notion of Flesh (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) [Paperback]

Fred Evans (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2000 | Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Leading scholars explore the later thought of Merleau-Ponty and its central role in the modernism-postmodernism debate.

Some of the best interpretations and evaluations of Merleau-Ponty's innovative notions of chiasm and flesh are presented here by prominent scholars from the United States and Europe. Divided into three sections, the book first establishes the notion of the flesh as a consistent concept and unfolds the nuances of flesh that make it a compelling idea. The second section adds to the force of this idea by showing how flesh can be extended to phenomena that Merleau-Ponty was not able to treat, such as the internet and virtual reality, and the third offers criticisms of Merleau-Ponty from feminist and Levinasian points of view. All the essays attest to the fecundity of Merleau-Ponty's later thought for such central philosophical issues as the bonds between self, others, and the world.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Fred Evans is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University and is the author of Psychology and Nihilism: A Genealogical Critique of the Computational Model of Mind, published by SUNY Press. Leonard Lawlor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Memphis and is the author of Imagination and Chance: The Difference Between the Thought of Ricoeur and Derrida, also published by SUNY Press. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (October 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791446867
• ISBN-13: 978-0791446867
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
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Leonard Lawlor received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University in 1988. Until 2008, he was Faudree Hardin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. Lawlor is currently Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Penn State University.
Lawlor is co-founder and co-editor of Chiasmi International: Trilingual Studies Concerning the Thought of Merleau-Ponty. He has translated books by Merleau-Ponty and Jean Hyppolite into English.
Lawlor has completed a new English translation of Jacques Derrida's La voix et le phenomene, which is in production at Northwestern University Press. He has also completed a new book called Early Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, which is in production at Indiana University Press.