{"product_id":"embodied-idealism-joseph-berendzen-9780192874764","title":"Embodied Idealism: Merleau-Ponty's Transcendental Philosophy","description":"\u003cem\u003eEmbodied Idealism\u003c\/em\u003e argues that Maurice Merleau-Ponty's early thought - primarily as found in \u003cem\u003eThe Structure of Behavior\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhenomenology of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e - stands as a form of transcendental idealism. This interpretation runs against the grain of much of the Merleau-Ponty scholarship, and opposing interpretations are not without support. Merleau-Ponty is at points highly critical of idealism in his early works. Also, his emphasis on embodiment would seem to run counter to the idealist view that the mental is central to reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Berendzen shows that these points can be accommodated within a transcendental idealist interpretation. Merleau-Ponty's overt criticisms of idealism are aimed at specific aspects of idealist theories that are not obligatory aspects of idealism in general. Rather, his critique is typically aimed at a specific version of intellectualist idealism associated with his teacher L駮n Brunschvicg. In spite of his overt criticisms of idealism, Merleau-Ponty's early philosophy holds that our experience is inextricably structured by our minds. Furthermore, he holds that reality is ontologically dependent on the mind, yet in a manner that also allows for a sense in which reality is mind-independent. It is crucial to this interpretation that Merleau-Ponty's emphasis on embodiment leads to a unique view of embodied consciousness and subjectivity that supports a novel form of idealism, rather than motivating an anti-idealist position. Thus, his transcendental idealism is genuinely an embodied idealism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Berendzen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192874764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192874764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Joseph Berendzen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45476986454271,"sku":"9780192874764","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7cfad10a-cd0b-4380-aacc-99a5aa1ce5af.jpg?v=1715918734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embodied-idealism-joseph-berendzen-9780192874764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}