Imagining Bodies: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Imagination

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Imagining Bodies Copyright © 2004 Duquesne University Press All Rights Reserved Published in the United States of America by: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282 No part of this book may be used or reproduced, in any manner or form whatsoever, without the written permission from the publisher except in the case of short quotations in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steeves, James B., 1971– Imagining bodies: Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of imagination/James B. Steeves p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-8207-0342-7 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8207-0343-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908–1961. 2. Imagination (Philosophy) I. Title. B2430.M3764S74 2004 128'.3—dc22 2003022705 First eBook edition, 2011 ISBN 978-0-8207-0552-1 To Elizabeth, whose love and imagination know no bounds. My art is an elusive art. It is making the abstract concrete and the concrete abstract. That is, making the invisible visible and the visible invisible . . . it is the art of illusion by itself. — Marcel Marceau ...