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1 online resource |
Series |
Series in Continental thought ; Number 52 |
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Series in Continental thought ; no. 52.
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Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: In the Shadow of Philosophy; 1: Consciousness and Animality; 2: The Passivity of Life; 3: The Passivity of Second Nature; 4: The Intercorporeal Institution of Agency; Conclusion: The Hidden Nature of Passivity; Notes; References; Index |
Summary |
In The Birth of Sense, Don Beith proposes a new concept of generative passivity, the idea that our organic, psychological, and social activities take time to develop into sense. More than being a limit, passivity marks out the way in which organisms, persons, and interbodily systems take time in order to manifest a coherent sense |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.
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SUBJECT |
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961 fast |
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(FrPBN)12013163 Merleau-Ponty, Jacques, 1916-2002 (FrPBN)12042895 -- Critique et interpretation. ram |
Subject |
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology
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Passivite (psychologie)
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Passions (philosophie)
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780821446263 |
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0821446266 |
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