Maurice Merleau-Ponty Basic Writings

Merleau-Ponty was a pivotal figure in twentieth century French philosophy. He was responsible for bringing the phenomenological methods of the German philosophers, Husserl and Heidegger, to France and instigated a new wave of interest in this approach. His influence extended well beyond the boundaries of philosophy and can be seen in theories of politics, art and language.

This is the first volume to bring together a comprehensive selection of Merleau-Ponty's writing and presents a cross-section of his work which shows the historical progression of his ideas and influence.
Editor's Introduction
1. Merleau-Ponty's prospectus
2. Selections from The Structure of Behavior
3. Selections from The Phenomenology of Perception
(i) Preface
(ii) Part I: The Body
(a) Introduction
(b) From Chapter 1 - The Body as Object and Mechanistic Physiology
(c) From Chapter 3 - The Spatiality of One's Own Body and Motility
(iii) Part II: The World as Perceived
(a) From introduction
(b) From Chapter 1 - Sense-Experience
(c) From Chapter 3 - The Thing and the Natural World
(d) From Chapter 4 - Other Selves and the Human World
(iv) Part III: Being-for-itself and Being-in-the-world
(a) Chapter 1 - The Cogito
(b) Chapter 3 - Freedom
4. Selection from The Prose of the World
Chapter 4 - The Algorithm and the Mystery of Language
5. Selection from The Visible and the Invisible
Chapter 4 - The Intertwining - The Chiasm
6. Painting
(i) 'Cezanne's Doubt'
(ii) 'Eye and Mind'
7. History
'The Crisis of Understanding'
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index