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Some thoughts on Merleau-Ponty, Hegel and existentialism

Published by Mark Murphy on May 16, 2013 | Leave a response

I’ve always had a soft spot for the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty; these reflections are based on a reading of his: ‘Hegel’s existentialism’ In Maurice Merleau-Ponty Sense and non-sense (1964) Evanston: Northwestern University Press (pp. 63-70). It includes a useful account of Hegel’s master-slave dialectic. Apologies for the use of masculine terminology in the quotations … In this essay, Merleau-Ponty… Read more →

What I’m Reading Now … Paul Ricoeur

Published by Mark Murphy on March 11, 2013 | Leave a response

Lately I’ve been reading Paul Ricoeur’s book The course of recognition, as I have a strong interest in all things relational. I came to Ricoeur’s work, however, long after I first encountered Charles Taylor, Nancy Fraser and in particular Axel Honneth, one of the reasons why he doesn’t figure much in my recent paper (co-written with Tony Brown) Learning as… Read more →