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"Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole." Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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[Evanston, Ill.] :
Northwestern University Press,
1964.
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| Series: | Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy
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| Summary: | "Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole." Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior and existence much broader than language alone. He maintains that man is essentially expressive, even prior to speaking: in his silence, gestures, and lived behavior |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 355 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0810102536 9780810102538 0810101688 9780810101685 |