Merleau-Ponty's Later Works and Their Practical Implications the Dehiscence of Responsibility
- List Price: $74.99
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Prometheus Books
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
Part One, a translation of three recently discovered letters between Jean-Paul Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, provides a detailed record of the disagreement over political issues that ultimately drove the two philosophers apart. Part Two contains five essays devoted to the political implications of Merleau-Ponty's later thought; some scholars criticize the attempt to find practical political applications for this thought, others suggest how such a project might be accomplished. Part Three contains another five essays devoted to the ethical implications of these later texts. As in the previous section, some are critical assessments, others adumbrate the ways in which these insights might be successfully appropriated for such a praxis.
This superb anthology addresses the critical need for material directly addressing the politics and ethics implied by Merleau-Ponty's later works.