{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-ontological-lateness-merleau-ponty-and-the-tasks-of-thinking-9781350003972","title":"The Philosophy of Ontological Lateness: Merleau-Ponty and the Tasks of Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Keith Whitmoyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Phenomenology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing Merleau-Ponty's work \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, in dialogue with \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e, his lectures at the Collège de France, and his reading of Proust, this book argues that at play in his thought is a philosophy of \"ontological lateness\". This describes the manner in which philosophical reflection is fated to lag behind its objects; therefore an absolute grasp on being remains beyond its reach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMerleau-Ponty articulates this philosophy against the backdrop of what he calls \"cruel thought\", a style of reflecting that seeks resolution by limiting, circumscribing, and arresting its object. By contrast, the philosophy of ontological lateness seeks no such finality-no \u003ci\u003eapocalypsis \u003c\/i\u003eor unveiling-but is characterized by its ability to accept the veiling of being and its own constitutive lack of punctuality. To this extent, his thinking inaugurates a new relation to the becoming of sense that overcomes cruel thought. Merleau-Ponty's work gives voice to a wisdom of dispossession that allows for the withdrawal of being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before has anyone engaged with the theme of Merleau-Ponty's own understanding of philosophy in such a sustained way as Whitmoyer does in this volume.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45087515902103,"sku":"9781350003972","price":16482.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350003972.webp?v=1767099044","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-ontological-lateness-merleau-ponty-and-the-tasks-of-thinking-9781350003972","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}