Feminist Interpretations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Book Overview

More than sixty years ago, Simone de Beauvoir identified the importance of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's writings to feminist theory. His exploration of the relationship between the body and the space it inhabits is key to modern phenomenological thinking. But there has been little agreement on how Merleau-Ponty's ideas ultimately have an impact on feminist philosophy. Does his emphasis on physical subjectivity lend a certain agency to all bodies, regardless...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271029188
• ISBN13: 9780271029184
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"