Merleau-Ponty and Marxism: From Terror to Reform

by Barry Cooper

Book Overview

Influenced by Koj ve's interpretation of Hegel as well

as his direct political experience of the second world war, Maurice Merleau-Ponty

abandoned the religious and philosophical position he had assumed in the 1930s and

turned to Marxism. This is the first critical study of the French philosopher's

political ideas and the context in which they evolved.

In its origin and

its development, Merleau-Ponty's political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442639350
• ISBN13: 9781442639355
• Release Date: December 1979
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"