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Book chapter
Merleau-Ponty, Modernism, Structure, and Postmodernism: In Honor of Kah Kyung Cho
Bridges: In Honor of Kah Kyung Cho, pp.69-89
Philosophy Documentation Center
2020
Abstract
We should revisit Merleau-Ponty’s late essay “From Mauss to Levi-Strauss,” for it is still well worth reading, especially since it provides a viable way between the extremes of modernism and postmodernism. The essay/chapter explicitly challenges modernism, embraces a structural, dialectical approach, but does not go as far as many postmodernists who (after Merleau-Ponty’s untimely death in 1961) “run” with structural themes as fast and as far as they can go. The balance of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy remains one of its most attractive qualities, for his balanced explanations often provide greater clarity than his more extreme competitors.
Details
- Title
- Merleau-Ponty, Modernism, Structure, and Postmodernism
- Publication Details
- Bridges: In Honor of Kah Kyung Cho, pp.69-89
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publisher
- Philosophy Documentation Center
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380476996606600
- Academic Unit
- John C. Pace Library; University of West Florida Libraries
- Language
- English