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Author: Don Beith
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Imprint: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 9780821423103
ISBN 10: 082142310
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 April 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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An original and thoughtful contribution to scholarship on Maurice Merleau-Ponty....Beith draws Merleau-Ponty's thought into conversation with a wide range of thinkers and traditions-Bergson, Deleuze, Derrida, liberalism, social constructivism, autopoietic enactivism-and articulates an original conception of life and personhood. Summing up: Essential. * CHOICE Reviews * A timely contribution to scholarship on Merleau-Ponty's work, considering the emerging focus in phenomenological literature on the significance of the dimension of passivity.... Beith advances a phenomenology of embodiment by going beyond a mere 'corporeal essentialism' to a focus that can engage with difference and oppression generally and issues of gender and race more specifically -- Fiona Utley, University of New England, Australia Beith fruitfully deploys the concepts of 'institution' and 'passivity' to interpret central issues in Merleau-Ponty's corpus and in contemporary philosophy, ultimately offering an account of the emergence of personhood and sociality out of the matrix of intercorporeal embodiment and behavior. This is a significant addition not only to Merleau-Ponty scholarship but also, more broadly, to philosophical discussions about nature, development, learning, self-consciousness, agency, and politics. -- Scott Marratto, author of The Intercorporeal Self: Merleau-Ponty on Subjectivity
“An original and thoughtful contribution to scholarship on Maurice Merleau-Ponty.…Beith draws Merleau-Ponty’s thought into conversation with a wide range of thinkers and traditions—Bergson, Deleuze, Derrida, liberalism, social constructivism, autopoietic enactivism—and articulates an original conception of life and personhood. Summing up: Essential.” * CHOICE Reviews * “A timely contribution to scholarship on Merleau-Ponty’s work, considering the emerging focus in phenomenological literature on the significance of the dimension of passivity.… Beith advances a phenomenology of embodiment by going beyond a mere ‘corporeal essentialism’ to a focus that can engage with difference and oppression generally and issues of gender and race more specifically” “Beith fruitfully deploys the concepts of 'institution' and 'passivity' to interpret central issues in Merleau-Ponty's corpus and in contemporary philosophy, ultimately offering an account of the emergence of personhood and sociality out of the matrix of intercorporeal embodiment and behavior. This is a significant addition not only to Merleau-Ponty scholarship but also, more broadly, to philosophical discussions about nature, development, learning, self-consciousness, agency, and politics.”
This book is a timely contribution to scholarship on Merleau-Ponty's work, considering the emerging focus in phenomenological literature on the significance of the dimension of passivity.... Beith advances a phenomenology of embodiment by going beyond a mere 'corporeal essentialism' to a focus that can engage with difference and oppression generally and issues of gender and race more specifically. --Fiona Utley, University of New England, Australia
Author Information
Don Beith practices philosophy phenomenologically, researching the role of the body in self-identity and learning, the nature of interpersonal relationships, and existential concepts of health, care, and authenticity. His work appears in Chiasmi, Continental Philosophy Review, Symposium, and elsewhere. He teaches at the University of Maine.
