{"product_id":"the-rhythm-of-thought-jessica-wiskus-9780226274256","title":"The Rhythm of Thought: Art, Literature, and Music After Merleau-Ponty","description":"Between present and past, visible and invisible, and sensation and idea, there is resonance--so philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued and so Jessica Wiskus explores in \u003ci\u003eThe Rhythm of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e. Holding the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé, the paintings of Paul Cézanne, the prose of Marcel Proust, and the music of Claude Debussy under Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological light, she offers innovative interpretations of some of these artists' masterworks, in turn articulating a new perspective on Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. More than merely recovering Merleau-Ponty's thought, Wiskus thinks according to it. First examining these artists in relation to noncoincidence--as silence in poetry, depth in painting, memory in literature, and rhythm in music--she moves through an array of their artworks toward some of Merleau-Ponty's most exciting themes: our bodily relationship to the world and the dynamic process of expression. She closes with an examination of synesthesia as an intertwining of internal and external realms and a call, finally, for philosophical inquiry as a mode of artistic expression. Structured like a piece of music itself, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhythm of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e offers new contexts in which to approach art, philosophy, and the resonance between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Wiskus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022627425X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226274256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Jessica Wiskus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913426370815,"sku":"9780226274256","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_87409c19-e286-4e29-8d02-fbaee72d2748.jpg?v=1680620347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rhythm-of-thought-jessica-wiskus-9780226274256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}