The living body and the movement of the life in M. Merleau-Ponty and R. Barbaras

Authors

  • Esteban A. García Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnica.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2012.89473

Keywords:

Merleau-Ponty, Barbaras, Mouvement, Life, Corporeality

Abstract

Firstly, the analyses here proposed focus on the interpretation of the Merleaupontyan corpus proposed by R. Barbaras in his Introduction à une phénoménologie de la vie, according to which the oscillations and ambivalences of Merleau-Ponty’s reflection on the body could be explained by the neglect of its basic living character. Secondly, we approach Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy as the project of finding in the body an original and absolute modality of movement as an opening of possibilities, a movement in which both the object that moves and the space that is opened by the movement are founded. Thirdly, by focusing on the notion of birth we propose that this singular modality of movement searched by Merleau-Ponty find its proper characterization as natural and vital movement, conciliating at least partially the perspectives of both philosophers.

Downloads

Downloads

Published

2012-12-15

Issue

No. 27 (2012)

Section

Artigos

License

Autores que publicam nesta revista concordam com os seguintes termos:

    1. Autores mantém os direitos autorais e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons Attribution que permite o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
    2. Autores têm autorização para assumir contratos adicionais separadamente, para distribuição não-exclusiva da versão do trabalho publicada nesta revista (ex.: publicar em repositório institucional ou como capítulo de livro), com reconhecimento de autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista. 

 

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

 

                              a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows to share the work with an acknowledgment of its authorship and initial publication in this journal.

                              b. Authors are authorized to take on additional contracts separately, to non-exclusive distribution of the article published in this journal (ex.: to publish in institutional repository or as part of a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

 

How to Cite

García, E. A. (2012). The living body and the movement of the life in M. Merleau-Ponty and R. Barbaras. Cadernos Espinosanos, 27, 131-158. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2012.89473