In this book, Emmanuel Alloa offers a handrail for venturing into the complexities of the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61). Through a comprehensive analysis of the three main phases of Merleau-Ponty's thinking and a thorough knowledge of his many unpublished manuscripts, the author traces how Merleau-Ponty's philosophy evolved and exposes the remarkable coherence that structures it from within.
Alloa teases out the continuity of a motive that traverses the entire oeuvre as a common thread. Merleau-Ponty struggled incessantly against any kind of ideology of transparency, whether of the world, of the self, of knowledge, or of the self's relation to others.
Already translated into several languages, Alloa's innovative reading of this crucially important thinker shows why the issues Merleau-Ponty raised are, more than ever, those of our time.

About the Author
Emmanuel Alloa (Author)
Emmanuel Alloa is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Senior Research Fellow at the NCCR Eikones.
Renaud Barbaras (Foreword By)
Renaud Barbaras is Chair of Contemporary Philosophy at the Sorbonne.


Reviews
"This challenging yet engaging work is part and parcel of a vanguard of creative new scholarship that carries forward Merleau-Ponty's late thought so as to address contemporary philosophical concerns. What specifically it challenges is the 'ideology of transparency' that informs the Western understanding of embodiment, perception, language, and art. The book opens up new perspectives for a phenomenological ontology of 'transphenomenality' and 'co-belonging.'" -- -Veronique Foti Pennsylvania State University "Resistance of the Sensible World is a work of substance and erudition that focuses on Merleau-Ponty's central themes of perception, language, and ontology. It is a welcome addition to the growing body of new scholarship on this enduringly pertinent phenomenologist." -- -Richard M. Shusterman author of Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics



Book Information
ISBN 9780823275687
Author Emmanuel Alloa
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Fordham University Press
Publisher Fordham University Press