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An Existential Phenomenology of Law: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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  1. William S. Hamrick

    1. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, USA

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Part of the book series: Phaenomenologica (PHAE, volume 104)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 1-18

  3. The Social World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Intersubjectivity

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 21-39

    3. History and the Origin of Meaning

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 40-63

    4. Ethics

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 64-85

    5. Politics

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 86-112

  4. The Phenomenon of Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. The Origins of Law and Its Essential Strucures

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 115-149

    3. Law and Society

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 150-185

    4. Law and Morality

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 186-224

    5. Epilogue

      • William S. Hamrick
      Pages 225-232

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 233-246
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The following pages attempt to develop the main outlines of an existential phenomenology of law within the context of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phe­ nomenology of the social world. In so doing, the essay addresses the rather narrow scholarly question, If Merleau-Ponty had written a phenomenology of law, what would it have looked like? But this scholarly enterprise, although impeccable in itself, is also transcended by a more complicated concern for a very different sort of question. Namely, if Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological descriptions of the social world are correct-as I believe they largely are-then what are the philosophical consequences for an adequate understanding of law? Such a project may well occasion a certain surprise amongst observers of the contemporary philosophical landscape, at least in what concerns the terrain of continental thought, and for two different reasons. The first is that, although interest in Merleau-Ponty's work remains strong in the· United States and Can­ ada, his philosophical standing in his own country has been largely eclipsed! by that of, first, his friend/estranged acquaintance, Jean-Paul Sartre; by various Marxist philosophies and critical social theories; and finally by those doing her­ meneutics of language. In my view, current neglect of Merleau-Ponty's thought in France is most regrettable.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, USA

    William S. Hamrick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Existential Phenomenology of Law: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  • Authors: William S. Hamrick

  • Series Title: Phaenomenologica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0707-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3520-4Published: 30 June 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8302-9Published: 25 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0707-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0079-1350

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0331

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 246

  • Topics: Philosophy of Law, Phenomenology, Political Philosophy

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