The Existential Dialectic Of Marx And Merleau Ponty

Author : Douglas Beck Low
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015015526992

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The Existential Dialectic of Marx and Merleau-Ponty by Douglas Beck Low Pdf

The Existential Dialectic of Marx and Merleau-Ponty is one of the few books to offer an in depth epistemological study linking the works of Karl Marx with a major existentialist thinker. The author first documents the existential and dialectical themes that can be found in Marx's writings and then proceeds to show that Marx's method is strikingly similar to that employed by Merleau-Ponty. It is Merleau-Ponty, however, who has developed this method in detail. Dr. Low thus turns to a thorough analysis and exposition of Merleau-Ponty's first major work, The Structure of Behavior, to reveal Merleau-Ponty's innovative and well-balanced alternative to traditional empiricism and rationalism. Merleau-Ponty's method, as it is revealed here, will be of interest to philosophers, psychologists and social scientists concerned with freeing themselves from the limitations imposed by traditional methodologies.

Author : Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810105969

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Adventures of the Dialectic by Maurice Merleau-Ponty Pdf

"We need a philosophy of both history and spirit to deal with the problems we touch upon here. Yet we would be unduly rigorous if we were to wait for perfectly elaborated principles before speaking philosophically of politics." Thus Merleau-Ponty introduces Adventures of the Dialectic, his study of Marxist philosophy and thought. In this study, containing chapters on Weber, Lukacs, Lenin, Sartre, and Marx himself, Merleau-Ponty investigates and attempts to go beyond the dialectic.

Author : James Miller
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520340862

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History and Human Existence—From Marx to Merleau-Ponty by James Miller Pdf

From the Introduction:The present essay provides an introduction to the treatment of human existence and individuality in Marxist thought. The work will be primarily concerned with two related topics: the evaluation by Marxists of individual emancipation and their assessment of subjective factors in social theory. By taking up these taking up these topics within a systematic and historical framework, I hope to generate some fresh light on several familiar issues. First, I pursue a reading of Marx focused on his treatment of subjectivity, individuation, and related methodological and practical matters; second, I apply this interpretation to analyzing the dispute between Marxist orthodoxy and heterodoxy over such matters as class consciousness and the philosophy of materialism; finally, I employ this historical context to clarify the significance of "existential Marxism," Maurice Merleau-Ponty's and Jean-Paul Sartre's contribution to Marxist thought.

Author : Pietro Chiodi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:49015000802372

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Sartre and Marxism by Pietro Chiodi Pdf

Author : David Archard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038945544

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Marxism and Existentialism by David Archard Pdf

Author : John F. Bannan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Existentialism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080529105

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The Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty by John F. Bannan Pdf

Author : Albert Rabil (Jr.),Albert Rabil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015009150023

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Merleau-Ponty by Albert Rabil (Jr.),Albert Rabil Pdf

Author : Kerry H. Whiteside
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400859733

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Merleau-Ponty and the Foundation of Existential Politics by Kerry H. Whiteside Pdf

Drawing on previously unexplored sources, Kerry H. Whiteside presents the political theory of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), one of France's best-known twentieth-century philosophers. Whiteside argues that Merleau-Ponty's objective in his political writings was to make existentialism into the foundation for a philosophically consistent mode of political thinking. This study discusses the inadequacies Merleau-Ponty found in the traditional philosophies of empiricism and idealism, and then examines the subject-object dualism that he believed deprived previous forms of existentialism of political significance. Whiteside shows how Merleau-Ponty overcame these problems by grounding political reasoning in a theory of consciousness that emphasized both its individuality and its need for socially created meaning. After explaining Merleau-Ponty's modifications of the views of Sartre, Aron, and others, the book investigates how he applied his political theory in editorial exchanges with Communists and liberals. Throughout this study, Whiteside traces and criticizes the changes in the philosopher's concept of Marxism and points to his many ideas that bear on current controversies in political theory. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Laurie Spurling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134480081

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Phenomenology and the Social World by Laurie Spurling Pdf

The term ‘phenomenology’ has become almost as over-used and emptied of meaning as that other word from Continental Philosophy, namely ‘existentialism’. Yet Husserl, who first put forward the phenomenological method, considered it a rigorous alternative to positivism, and in the hands of Merleau-Ponty, a disciple of Husserl in France, phenomenology became a way of gaining a disciplined and coherent perspective on the world in which we live. When this study originally published in 1977 there were only a few books in English on Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy. It introduced the reader and suggested how his thought might throw light on some of the assumptions and presuppositions of certain contemporary forms of Anglo-Saxon philosophy and social science. It also demonstrates how phenomenology seeks to unite philosophy and social science, rather than define them as mutually exclusive domains of knowledge.

Author : Sonia Kruks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429656095

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A Study of the Political Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty by Sonia Kruks Pdf

This book, first published in 1987, is an extended examination of Merleau-Ponty’s political philosophy. It describes and critically elucidates the main political themes to be found in his writings, and shows how his political ideas are related to his general phenomenological philosophy.

Author : Douglas Low
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781412848268

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Merleau-Ponty in Contemporary Context by Douglas Low Pdf

This volume presents the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a great philosopher and social theorist of mid-twentieth century, as a viable alternative to both modernism and postmodernism. Douglas Low argues that Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy offers explanations and solves problems that other philosophies grapple with, but do not resolve, given their respective theoretical presuppositions and assumptions. Low brings the work of Merleau-Ponty into critical contact with important thinkers, including Sartre, Heidegger, Derrida, and Marx. He highlights Merleau-Ponty’s connection to the early Hegel, especially with regard to the criticism of modernism’s "representational consciousness" and its subsequent skepticism with regard to our being in the world. Merleau-Ponty made a concerted effort to solve the problems that come about due to a wide variety of Western dualisms: body and mind, perception and conception, self and other, etc. He frequently does so by demonstrating the connection between these disparate terms, the connection of perception with affect and interest, fact with value, and a broadened view of science with moral and philosophical judgment. Merleau-Ponty’s unique contribution is his focus on the lived-through perceiving body and its relationship to abstract thought and language. In his detailed analysis of the work of Merleau-Ponty, Low brings attention to a twentieth-century master capable of altering the landscape of modern and social philosophy in the twenty-first century.

Author : Douglas Low
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351513098

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In Defense of Phenomenology by Douglas Low Pdf

French phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued for the primary role perception plays in understanding the world as well as engaging with it. As a contributor to phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty faced his fair share of criticisms. In this new book, Douglas Low comes to the defence of both Merleau-Ponty and phenomenology. In Defence of Phenomenology uses Merleau-Ponty's philosophy to counter the criticisms raised in Vincent Descombes's Modern French Philosophy point by point, arguing that it often misunderstood or misrepresented Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. Low clarifies Merleau-Ponty's claims, then makes the case for them. He also argues against Renaud Barbaras's well-known positions that there is a break in the development of Merleau-Ponty's thought, that Merleau-Ponty abandoned his earlier phenomenology, and that Merleau-Ponty equated being with phenomena. Low also clarifies Merleau-Ponty's complex relationship to Hegel and Marx. Finally, Low addresses the later works of Jean Baudrillard and their move away from phenomenology toward a more postmodernist philosophy, in which language and mass media images dominate culture and even construct our worldview. In Defence of Phenomenology asserts that Merleau-Ponty more sensibly argued that even though humanity's interpretation of the world is influenced by language and the media, these linguistic and media messages are first suggested by a person's needful, embodied encounters with the world and with others. These messages would make little sense if they did not relate back to this more primordial encounter.

Author : Bryan A. Smyth
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780937878

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Merleau-Ponty's Existential Phenomenology and the Realization of Philosophy by Bryan A. Smyth Pdf

Bringing to light the essential philosophical role of Marxism within Merleau-Ponty's reinterpretation of transcendental phenomenology, this book shows that the realization of this project hinges methodologically upon a renewed conception of the proletariat qua universal class-specifically, that it rests upon a humanist myth of incarnation which, substantiated by Merleau-Ponty's notion of 'heroism', locates an objective historical purposiveness in the habituated organism of the modern subject. Foregrounding the phenomenological priority of history over corporeality in this way, Smyth's analysis recovers the 'militant' character of Merleau-Ponty's existential phenomenology. It thus sheds critical new light on his early thought, and challenges some of the main parameters of existing scholarship by disclosing the intrinsic normativity of his basic methodological commitments.

Author : Society for the Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 9060320662

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Marxism, Revolution, and Peace by Society for the Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism Pdf

Author : Bernhard Waldenfels,Jan M. Broekman,Ante Pažanin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Phenomenology
ISBN : 0710098545

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Phenomenology and Marxism by Bernhard Waldenfels,Jan M. Broekman,Ante Pažanin Pdf