Merleau-Ponty's philosophical-political itinerary: a reflection on contemporary crisis

Authors

  • Constança Marcondes César Author
  • Joaldo da Conceição Alves Author

DOI:

10.16928/2316-8080.v4n1p.62-75

Keywords:

Merleau-Ponty Politics Marxism Political crisis

Abstract

The paper aims to address Merleau-Ponty's philosophical-political itinerary in order to understand the contemporary social crisis. His meditation, in our view, offers guiding principles for a critical analysis of our time, in so far as the delicate relation between philosophy and politics becomes visible there. We try, in the light of Simone Goyard-Fabre's contribution, to examine the key themes of that itinerary, in the chronological order of their appearance. We consider the works: Humanism and Terror (1947); two texts from Sense and Non-Sense (1948): “Around Marxism” and “Marxism and Philosophy”; Adventures of the Dialectic (1955); Signs (1960).

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Published

2020-12-01

How to Cite

MARCONDES CÉSAR, C.; ALVES, J. DA C. Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical-political itinerary: a reflection on contemporary crisis. The Journal of Intellectual Property – Contemporary Law and Constitution, v. 9, n. 4, p. 62–75, 1 Dec.2020.