The Barbarian Principle

Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the Question of Nature

By Jason M. Wirth, Patrick Burke | Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schelling's philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.

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ISBN 9781438448473
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ISBN 9781438448466
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Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schelling's philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.

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Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schelling's philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.

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Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy

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The Barbarian Principle has 368 page(s)

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Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

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Jason M. Wirth, Patrick Burke

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State University of New York Press

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