MerleauPonty
Signs
- ISBN 13:
- 9780810102538
- author:
- MerleauPonty
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1964
- Pages:
- 355
- Dimensions:
- 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 centimetres
- Genre:
- Philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Signs by Maurice Merleau-Ponty explores the philosophy of expression and its relationship to human behavior and existence. In this collection of writings, Merleau-Ponty argues that man is fundamentally expressive, even before speaking or using language. For him, speech is a means of extracting meaning from an undivided whole, but he also sees expression as encompassing gestures, silence, and lived behavior. This book presents Merleau-Ponty's thoughts on the nature of human existence and how it is expressed through various forms of communication. Merleau-Ponty's ideas on expression are gathered here in a collection of writings from the last decade of his life.