Merleau-Ponty and Modern Politics After Anti-Humanism

by Diana Coole

Book Overview

In this important new book, Diana Coole shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics. Merleau-PontyOs focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. With breadth of vision and penetrating insight, Coole demonstrates that political questions were always central to Merleau-PontyOs philosophical project. Her examination of his complete body...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742533379
• ISBN13: 9780742533370
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"