Signs

by Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Book Overview

"Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole."

Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior and existence much broader than language alone. He maintains that man is essentially expressive, even prior to speaking: in his silence, gestures, and lived behavior.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810102536
• ISBN13: 9780810102538
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"