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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. p. vii
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  1. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. INTRODUCTION: The Value of Flesh: Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy and the Modernism/Postmodernism Debate
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. PART I Explications of the Flesh
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  1. CHAPTER 1: World, Flesh, Vision
  2. pp. 23-49
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  1. CHAPTER 2: Flesh and Verb in the Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty
  2. pp. 51-76
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  1. CHAPTER 3: Perception and Movement:The End of the Metaphysical Approach
  2. pp. 77-87
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  1. CHAPTER 4: The Paradox of Expression
  2. pp. 89-102
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  1. CHAPTER 5: “In Praise of Philosophy”: A Hermeneutical Rereading
  2. pp. 103-120
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  1. CHAPTER 6: The Thinking of the Sensible
  2. pp. 121-130
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  1. CHAPTER 7: Is Merleau-Ponty Inside or Outside the History of Philosophy?
  2. pp. 131-143
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  1. PART II Extensions of the Flesh
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  1. CHAPTER 8: The World at a Glance
  2. pp. 147-164
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  1. CHAPTER 9: Blind Man Seeing:From Chiasm to Hyperreality
  2. pp. 165-176
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  1. CHAPTER 10: Merleau-Ponty and the Origin of Geometry
  2. pp. 177-187
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  1. CHAPTER 11: Embodying Perceptions of Death: Emotional Apprehension and Reversibilities of Flesh
  2. pp. 189-201
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  1. CHAPTER 12:
  2. pp. 203-216
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  1. PART III Limitations of the Flesh
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  1. CHAPTER 13: Wild Meaning: Luce Irigaray’s Reading of Merleau-Ponty
  2. pp. 219-236
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  1. CHAPTER 14: Recursive Incarnation and Chiasmic Flesh: Two Readings of Paul Celan’s “Chymisch”
  2. pp. 237-249
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  1. CHAPTER 15: Merleau-Ponty and Feminist Theory on Experience
  2. pp. 251-271
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  1. CONTRIBUTORS
  2. pp. 273-276
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  1. AUTHOR INDEX
  2. pp. 277-280
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