Merleau-Ponty and the Possibilities of Philosophy Tom Crook

Merleau-Ponty and the Possibilities of Philosophy Tom CrookLeading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau Ponty. Maurice Merleau Ponty is arguably the preeminent French philosopher of the last century, and interest in his thought is growing exponentially. This volume celebrates and interrogates the thought of Merleau Ponty by drawing upon both classic and state of the art assessments, some available in English here for the first time. The result is an essential collection of essays that

Illuminating account of critical debates concerning Renoir

incest and murder

settlement archaeology

and undersea explosives

Whether it's grilled corn on the patio or a hot bowl of soup by the fire

And there's no shortage of anecdotes: the book is as entertaining as Federer's game

Using metallographic analysis

virtue ethics

he considers suicide

and the Dialogic assembles thirteen essays on the intersection of Bakhtin's narrative theory

campus closures

It also places Latin American and Caribbean racial formations within a broader global context