Rereading Merleau-Ponty: Essays Beyond the Continental-Analytic Divide

Drawing from the recent surge of scholarship on the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, this wide-ranging anthology demonstrates the breadth of interests encompassed by this remarkable philosopher's thought. More importantly, the plurality of perspectives here represented suggests that Merleau-Ponty's work has the potential to transcend the divide between "continental" and "analytic" (or Anglo-American) philosophy, two traditions that have seemed far more in conflict than communication. As the essays in this volume...