{"product_id":"merleau-ponty-and-derrida-intertwining-embodiment-and-alterity-hardcover","title":"Merleau-Ponty and Derrida: Intertwining Embodiment and Alterity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there have been many essays devoted to comparing the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty with that of Jacques Derrida, there has been no sustained book-length treatment of these two French philosophers. Additionally, many of the essays presuppose an oppositional relationship between them, and between phenomenology and deconstruction more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack Reynolds systematically explores their relationship by analyzing each philosopher in terms of two important and related issues-embodiment and alterity. Focusing on areas with which they are not commonly associated (e.g., Derrida on the body and Merleau-Ponty on alterity) makes clear that their work cannot be adequately characterized in a strictly oppositional way. \u003ci\u003eMerleau-Ponty and Derrida: Intertwining Embodiment and Alterity\u003c\/i\u003e proposes the possibility of a Merleau-Ponty-inspired philosophy that does not so avowedly seek to extricate itself from phenomenology, but that also cannot easily be dismissed as simply another instantiation of the metaphysics of presence. Reynolds argues that there are salient ethico-political reasons for choosing an alternative that accords greater attention to our embodied situation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the first full-length monograph comparing the philosophers, \u003ci\u003eMerleau-Ponty and Derrida\u003c\/i\u003e will interest scholars and students in European philosophy and teachers of courses dealing with deconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He is the continental area editor of the \u003ci\u003eInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e and editor of Acumen Press's \u003ci\u003eMajor Movements in Modern Thought Series.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Derrida \u003c\/i\u003e and author of the forth-coming \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Existentialism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 233\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.22 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722429042751,"sku":"9780821415924","price":172.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4067cd5df0066dc53b938a3ef06c5928.webp?v=1765095732","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/merleau-ponty-and-derrida-intertwining-embodiment-and-alterity-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}