Merleau-Ponty's contribution to the theory of recognition

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    Abstract

    Maurice Merleau-Ponty was an important twentieth century contributor to the theory of recognition, even though he made literal reference to the concept only sparingly. He emphasized the importance of recognition, not only at the level of inter-personal relations and in the individual’s inclusion in the social, but also in terms of the capacity of human beings to communicate across cultures and across historical distances. The shift towards ontology in his later work provided a renewed grounding for his interest in intersubjectivity and cross-cultural communication. Such continuity might be traced to lasting Hegelian and Marxian legacies in his thinking, which inflected his political interpretation of recognition.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHandbuch Anerkennung
    EditorsLudwig Siep, Heikki Ikaheimo, Michael Quante
    Place of PublicationWiesbaden
    PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9783658195618, 9783658195588
    ISBN (Print)9783658195571
    DOIs
    Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 9 Nov 2019

    Keywords

    • Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961. Phénoménologie de la perception
    • Recognition (Philosophy)
    • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831
    • alter ego
    • institutions
    • flesh
    • Hegel
    • Marx

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