Merleau-Ponty and Environmental Philosophy

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This richly diverse collection looks at the contemporary relevance of the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty to environmental issues and builds a coherent philosophical ecology based on his thought. The contributors describe and analyze relations within the natural world by focusing on the centrality of relations in Merleau-Ponty's work; his concept of the bond between humanity and nature; and his novel philosophies of perception, embodiment, and "wild" Being. Eco-phenomenologies of living places such as Central Park in New York City, Midwestern farmlands, and communal household dwellings of Pacific Northwest Coast people are closely examined. The contributors also explore Merleau-Ponty's philosophy for environmental ethics and develop notions such as vital values, somatic empathy, and interspecies sociality.

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Introduction

PART ONE. BUILDING, DWELLING, LIVING—BORDERING ON THE NATURAL

1. A Little Knowledge of Dangerous Things: Human Vulnerability in a Changing Climate
Robert Kirkman

2. An Inquiry into the Intercorporeal Relations Between Humans and the Earth
Kenneth Liberman

3. The Liminal World of the Northwest Coast
Patricia M. Locke

4. Borders and Boundaries: Edging into the Environment
Edward S. Casey

5. Logos of Our Eco in the Feminine: An Approach Through Heidegger, Irigaray, and Merleau-Ponty
Carol Bigwood

6. Umwelt and Nature in Merleau-Ponty’s Ontology
Duane H. Davis

7. Merleau-Ponty, Ecology, and Biosemiotics
Maurita Harney

PART TWO. EMBODIMENT, SOCIALITY, AND ECOLOGICAL VALUES

8. Earth in Eclipse
David Abram

9. Lived Body and Ecological Value Cognition
John R. White

10.“Fleshing” Out an Ethic of Diversity
Molly Hadley Jensen

11. Social Ecology and the Flesh: Merleau-Ponty, Irigaray, and Ecocommunitarian Politics
Sally Fischer

12. Harmony in a Dislocated World
Jocelyn Dunphy-Blomfield

13. Merleau-Ponty’s Transversal Geophilosophy and Sinic Aesthetics of Nature
Hwa Yol Jung

14. Merleau-Ponty and the Ontology of Ecology or Apocalypse Later
Martin C. Dillon

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Sujets

• Philosophie
• Épistémologie
• Philosophie de l'esprit
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 24 avril 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791480243
• Langue: English
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Merleau-Ponty and

Environmental Philosophy

SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Lenore Langsdorf, editor

Merleau-Ponty and

Environmental Philosophy

Dwelling on the Landscapes of Thought

Edited by Suzanne L. Cataldi and

William S. Hamrick

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Merleau-Ponty and environmental philosophy : dwelling on the landscape of thought / edited by Suzanne L. Cataldi, William S. Hamrick. p. cm—(SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7051-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7052-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908–1961. 2. Human ecology—Philosophy. 3. Ecology— Philosophy. I. Cataldi, Sue L., 1951– II. Hamrick, William S. III. Series. B.2430.M3764M4682 2007 194—dc22 2006017859

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For Martin C. (“Mike”) Dillon: friend, insightful critic, constant source of encouragement, a founder and longtime General Secretary of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle, intellectualagent provocateur par excellence, and redoubtable sailor who knew the perils of an unintentional jibe both on the water and in philosophy.

What resists phenomenology within us—natural being, the “bar- barous” source Schelling spoke of—cannot remain outside phenome- nology and should have its place within it. The philosopher has his shadow, which is not simply the factual absence of future light. —Maurice Merleau-Ponty,Signs

The whole life process is founded on this bipartite quality of that which we call matter and of that inner side, averted from our senses, that we intimate but do not discern. An image or inner spirit of life constantly emerges out of the corporeal and it always again becomes embodied through a reverse process. —F. W. J. Schelling,The Ages of the World

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Contents

PART ONE BUILDING, DWELLING, LIVING— BORDERING ON THE NATURAL 1. A Little Knowledge of Dangerous Things: Human Vulnerability in a Changing Climate Robert Kirkman 2. An Inquiry into the Intercorporeal Relations Between Humans and the Earth Kenneth Liberman 3. The Liminal World of the Northwest Coast Patricia M. Locke 4. Borders and Boundaries: Edging into the Environment Edward S. Casey 5. Logos of Our Eco in the Feminine: An Approach Through Heidegger, Irigaray, and Merleau-Ponty Carol Bigwood 6.Umweltand Nature in Merleau-Ponty’s Ontology Duane H. Davis 7. Merleau-Ponty, Ecology, and Biosemiotics Maurita Harney

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PART TWO. EMBODIMENT, SOCIALITY, AND ECOLOGICAL VALUES 8. Earth in Eclipse 149 David Abram 9. Lived Body and Ecological Value Cognition 177 John R. White 10. “Fleshing” Out an Ethic of Diversity 191 Molly Hadley Jensen 11. Social Ecology and the Flesh: Merleau-Ponty, Irigaray, and Ecocommunitarian Politics 203 Sally Fischer 12. Harmony in a Dislocated World 217 Jocelyn Dunphy-Blomfield 13. Merleau-Ponty’s Transversal Geophilosophy and Sinic Aesthetics of Nature 235 Hwa Yol Jung 14. Merleau-Ponty and the Ontology of Ecology or Apocalypse Later 259 Martin C. Dillon Contributors 273 Index 277

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Les Aventures de la dialectique.Paris: Gallimard, 1955. Translated by Joseph Bien asAdventures of the Dialectic.Evanston: North- western University Press, 1973. “La Conscience et l’acquisition du langage.” 1964.Bulletin de psy- chologie, No. 236, XVIII, 3–6. Translated by Hugh Silverman as Consciousness and the Acquisition of Language.Evanston: North- western University Press, 1973. Éloge de la Philosophie.Paris: Gallimard, 1953. Translated by John Wild and James M. Edie asIn Praise of Philosophy.Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1973. Humanisme et terreur. Paris: Gallimard, 1947. Translated by John O’Neill asHumanism and Terror. Notes de cours, 1959–1961.Edited by Stéphanie Ménasé. Paris: Gallimard, 1996. L’Œil et l’esprit.Paris: Gallimard, 1964. Translated by Carleton Dallery as “Eye and Mind,” inThe Primacy of Perception, 159–190. Phénoménologie de la perception. Paris: Gallimard, 1945. Trans- lated by Colin Smith asPhenomenology of Perception.London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962; New York: Humanities Press, 1962. La Prose du monde.Paris: Gallimard, 1969. Translated by John O’Neill asThe Prose of the World.Evanston: Northwestern Uni- versity Press, 1973; London: Heinemann, 1974.

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