Phenomenology Perception by Maurice Merleau Ponty, First Edition (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Primacy of Perception And Other Essays on Phenomenological Psychology, the Philosophy of Art, History and Politics. Maurice Merleau-Ponty; James M. Edie (ed.); William Cobb (intro.) Northwestern University Press, 2000. 228p. trade paperback, covers lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarkedISBN 10: 081010164512.50.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Translation by Colin Smith of "Phemenologie de la perception" (Gallimard, 1945). Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75", is new. xxi/466 pages. "Challenging and rewarding in equal measure, "Phenomenology of Perception" is Merleau-Ponty's most famous work. Impressive in both scope and imagination, it uses the example of perception to return the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato. Drawing on case studies such as brain-damaged patients from the First World War, Merleau-Ponty brilliantly shows how the body plays a crucial role not only in perception but in speech, sexuality and our relation to others. Perhaps above all, Merleau-Ponty's insights about the embodied mind are a bold and refreshing challenge to the new era of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as scientists and psychologists discover the centrality of the body to mind and intelligence.".

Condition: New. 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1050. . . . . .

Condition: Fine.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xxi, 466pp. 8vo, red cloth, gilt spine lettering. FINE, an uncommonly clean and sharp copy with tight binding; DJ snagged at head of spine and small tape-repaired puncture mid-spine, price clipped, clean otherwise and presentable in mylar wrap. 'Completed in 1944 and published the following year, Phenomenology of Perception is the work for which Merleau-Ponty was best known during his lifetime and that established him as the leading French phenomenologist of his generation. Here Merleau-Ponty develops his own distinctive interpretation of phenomenology's method . drawing extensively on Gestalt theory and contemporary research in psychology and neurology. Psychological research complements and, at times, serves as a counterpoint to phenomenological descriptions of perceptual experience across a wide range of existential dimensions, including sexuality, language, space, nature, intersubjectivity, time, and freedom.' - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

First English Language Edition. First impression. Octavo; red cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine; 466pp. Neat ownership signature to front blank (the late philosopher-bookseller Edward Gelblum, d. 2015); brief pencil annotations to bottom margin of same; two pages with some unobtrusive pencil underlining. A Very Good or better copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Quite attractive copy of Merleau-Ponty's groundbreaking work, widely credited as one of the seminal texts of French Existentialism. Originally published in French in 1945, this was the first full translation into English.