The Prose of the World |
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Author:
| Merleau-Ponty, Maurice |
Editor:
| Lefort, Claude |
Translator:
| O'Neill, John |
Series title: | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-0412-9 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1973 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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The work that Maurice Merleau-Ponty planned to call
The Prose of the World, or
Introduction to the Prose of the World, was unfinished at the time of his death. The book was to constitute the first section of a two-part work whose aim was to offer, as an extension of his Phenomenology of Perception, a theory of truth. This edition's editor, Claude Lefort, has interpreted and transcribed the surviving typescript, reproducing Merleau-Ponty's own notes and adding...
More DescriptionThe work that Maurice Merleau-Ponty planned to call The Prose of the World, or Introduction to the Prose of the World, was unfinished at the time of his death. The book was to constitute the first section of a two-part work whose aim was to offer, as an extension of his Phenomenology of Perception, a theory of truth. This edition's editor, Claude Lefort, has interpreted and transcribed the surviving typescript, reproducing Merleau-Ponty's own notes and adding documentation and commentary.