The Intercorporeal Self: Merleau-Ponty on Subjectivity

By Scott Marratto and Scott L. Marratto

An original interpretation of Merleau-Ponty on subjectivity, drawing from and challenging both the continental and analytic traditions.

Challenging a prevalent Western idea of the self as a discrete, interior consciousness, Scott L. Marratto argues instead that subjectivity is a characteristic of the living, expressive movement establishing a dynamic intertwining between a sentient body and its environment. He draws on the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, contemporary European philosophy, and research in cognitive science and development to offer a compelling investigation into what it means to be a self.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438442327
• ISBN13: 9781438442327
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher