Abstract

BELVEDERE, Carlos Daniel. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE OWN BODY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FLESH IN HENRY'S CRITIQUE OF MERLEAU-PONTY. Univ. philos. [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.63, pp.119-142. ISSN 0120-5323.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.uph31-63.ccdc.

The aim of this paper is to account for Michel Henry's critique of Merleau-Ponty as regards the own body and the flesh. To that end, I start by displaying Merleau-Ponty's position on these matters. Then I present Henry's critique, which are focused on Phenomenology of Perception and The Visible and the Invisible. After that, I consider these objections in general and concentrate on the meaning of Merleau-Ponty's latest work on Descartes' dioptric, in particular. Finally, I argue that his unfinished work opens more fruitful channels of dialogue than the works criticized by Henry.

Keywords : own body; flesh; material phenomenology; Henry; Merleau-Ponty.

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