Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Merleau-Ponty as a Reader of Husserl

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Merleau-Ponty on Husserl: A Reappraisal

      • Dan Zahavi

      Pages 3-29

   3. Merleau-Ponty’s Ontological Reading of Constitution in Phénoménologie de la perception

      • Elizabeth A. Behnke

      Pages 31-50

   4. The Phenomenological Movement: A Tradition without Method? Merleau-Ponty and Husserl

      • Thomas M. Seebohm

      Pages 51-68

3. Phenomenology and Method in Merleau-Ponty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Leaving Husserl’s Cave? The Philosopher’s Shadow Revisited

      • Ted Toadvine

      Pages 71-94

   3. From Dialectic to Reversibility: A Critical Change of Subject-Object Relation in Merleau-Ponty’s Thought

      • Hiroshi Kojima

      Pages 95-113

   4. What about the praxis of Reduction? Between Husserl and Merleau-Ponty

      • Natalie Depraz

      Pages 115-125

   5. From Decisions to Passions: Merleau-Ponty’s Interpretation of Husserl’s Reduction

      • Sara Heinämaa

      Pages 127-146

4. Legacy and Tradition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. The Time of Half-Sleep: Merleau-Ponty between Husserl and Proust

      • Mauro Carbone

      Pages 149-172

   3. Eugen Fink and Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The Philosophical Lineage in Phenomenology

      • Ronald Bruzina

      Pages 173-200

   4. The Legacy of Husserl’s “Ursprung der Geometrie”: The Limits of Phenomenology in Merleau-Ponty and Derrida

      • Leonard Lawlor

      Pages 201-223

5. Back Matter

   Pages 225-301

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Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl explores the relationship between two of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century: Edmund Husserl, the father of modern phenomenology, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considered by many to be his greatest philosophical heir. While Merleau-Ponty's influence on the dissemination and reception of Husserl's thought is indisputable, unresolved questions remain concerning the philosophical projects of these two thinkers: Does phenomenology first reach its true potential in Merleau-Ponty's hands, guided by his appreciation of the tacit goals underlying Husserl's philosophical project? Or is Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology a creative but ultimately misdirected appropriation of Husserl's work? In this volume, the first devoted to a comparison of the work of these two philosophers, ten leading scholars draw on the latest research and newly available manuscripts to offer novel insights into Merleau-Ponty's reading of Husserl - with implications for our understanding of phenomenology's significance, its method, and the future of philosophy.

• Edmund Husserl
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty
• phenomenology

• Emporia State University, Emporia, USA

  Ted Toadvine

• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

  Lester Embree

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