Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life (Studies in Continental Thought)

In Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life, renowned French philosopher Renaud Barbaras aims to construct the basis for a phenomenology of life. Called an introduction because it has to deal with philosophical limits and presuppositions, it is much more, as Barbaras investigates life in its phenomenological senses, approached through the duality of its intransitive and transitive senses. Originally published in French (Introduction à une phénoménologie de la vie) Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life first defines the problem of life phenomenologically, then studies the failures of the phenomenological movement to adequately think about life, and finally elaborates a new, original, and productive approach to the problem. Combining original interpretations and expert readings of philosophers such as Heidegger, Henry, Bergson, and Merleau-Ponty, Barbaras offers a powerful and important contribution to phenomenology and continental thought.

Politics & Social Sciences

Barbaras, Renaud

Philosophy

Indiana University Press

In Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life, renowned French philosopher Renaud Barbaras aims to construct the basis for a phenomenology of life. Called an introduction because it has to deal with philosophical limits and presuppositions, it is much more, as Barbaras investigates life in its phenomenological senses, approached through the duality of its intransitive and transitive senses.\nOriginally published in French (Introduction à une phénoménologie de la vie) Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life first defines the problem of life phenomenologically, then studies the failures of the phenomenological movement to adequately think about life, and finally elaborates a new, original, and productive approach to the problem.\nCombining original interpretations and expert readings of philosophers such as Heidegger, Henry, Bergson, and Merleau-Ponty, Barbaras offers a powerful and important contribution to phenomenology and continental thought.

The Being of the Phenomenon: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Studies in Continental Thought)

Renaud Barbaras’s De l’être du phénomène: l’ontologie de Merleau-Ponty, published in 1991, is considered one of the most powerful and complete elaborations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s thought. Almost single-handedly, Barbaras has been responsible for reviving current interest in Merleau-Ponty’s works. In the first English translation of this important and influential work, Ted Toadvine and Leonard Lawlor present Barbaras’s rich and profound analysis of the history of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical development from Phenomenology of Perception to The Visible and the Invisible. Toadvine and Lawlor’s translation communicates the subtle thought of the original with accuracy and elegance. A translators’ introduction situates Barbaras in contemporary philosophical debates and develops his guiding insights into Merleau-Ponty’s thought. The Being of the Phenomenon opens European post-structuralism to further study and is certain to inspire new thinking about the origins of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology.

Renaud Barbaras's De l'Ãªtre du phÃ©nomÃ¨ne: l'ontologie de Merleau-Ponty, published in 1991, is considered one of the most powerful and complete elaborations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's thought. Almost single-handedly, Barbaras has been responsible for reviving current interest in Merleau-Ponty's works. In the first English translation of this important and influential work, Ted Toadvine and Leonard Lawlor present Barbaras's rich and profound analysis of the history of Merleau-Ponty's philosophical development from Phenomenology of Perception to The Visible and the Invisible. Toadvine and Lawlor's translation communicates the subtle thought of the original with accuracy and elegance. A translators' introduction situates Barbaras in contemporary philosophical debates and develops his guiding insights into Merleau-Ponty's thought. The Being of the Phenomenon opens European post-structuralism to further study and is certain to inspire new thinking about the origins of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology.

Indiana Univ. Pr

Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought, a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, though it departs in significant and original ways from their work. Barbaras's overall goal is to develop a philosophy of what "life" is―one that would do justice to the question of embodiment and its role in perception and the formation of the human subject. Barbaras posits that desire and distance inform the concept of "life." Levinas identified a similar structure in Descartes's notion of the infinite. For Barbaras, desire and distance are anchored not in meaning, but in a rethinking of the philosophy of biology and, in consequence, cosmology. Barbaras elaborates and extends the formal structure of desire and distance by drawing on motifs as yet unexplored in the French phenomenological tradition, especially the notions of "life" and the "life-world," which are prominent in the later Husserl but also appear in non-phenomenological thinkers such as Bergson. Barbaras then filters these notions (especially "life") through Merleau-Ponty.

Stanford University Press

Desire and Distance constitutes an important new departure in contemporary phenomenological thought, a rethinking and critique of basic philosophical positions concerning the concept of perception presented by Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, though it departs in significant and original ways from their work. Barbaras's overall goal is to develop a philosophy of what "life" is-one that would do justice to the question of embodiment and its role in perception and the formation of the human subject. Barbaras posits that desire and distance inform the concept of "life." Levinas identified a similar structure in Descartes's notion of the infinite. For Barbaras, desire and distance are anchored not in meaning, but in a rethinking of the philosophy of biology and, in consequence, cosmology. Barbaras elaborates and extends the formal structure of desire and distance by drawing on motifs as yet unexplored in the French phenomenological tradition, especially the notions of "life" and the "life-world," which are prominent in the later Husserl but also appear in non-phenomenological thinkers such as Bergson. Barbaras then filters these notions (especially "life") through Merleau-Ponty.

Introduction a Une Phenomenologie De La Vie (Problemes & Controverses) (French Edition)

Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin

Phenomenologie Et Cosmologie (Problemes & Controverses) (French Edition)

Chiasmi International 5: The Real and the Imaginary (French Edition)

Carbone, Mauro

Lawlor, Leonard

Mimesis

Merleau-Ponty: Entre Esthétique et Psychanalyse / Between Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis / Tra Estetica e Psicoanalisi (Chiasmi International 6: New Series, 6) (French Edition)

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Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life (Studies in Continental Thought)

Introduction to a Phenomenology of Life (Studies in Continental Thought)

The Being of the Phenomenon: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Studies in Continental Thought)

The Being of the Phenomenon: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Studies in Continental Thought)

Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Desire and Distance: Introduction to a Phenomenology of Perception (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Introduction a Une Phenomenologie De La Vie (Problemes & Controverses) (French Edition)

Phenomenologie Et Cosmologie (Problemes & Controverses) (French Edition)

Chiasmi International 5: The Real and the Imaginary (French Edition)

Merleau-Ponty: Entre Esthétique et Psychanalyse / Between Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis / Tra Estetica e Psicoanalisi (Chiasmi International 6: New Series, 6) (French Edition)