Merleau-Ponty on Husserl: a reappraisal

Dan Zahavi

Københavns Universitet

pp. 3-29

in: Ted Toadvine, Lester Embree (eds), Merleau-Ponty's reading of Husserl, Deventer, Kluwer, 2002

Abstract

Many Merleau-Ponty scholars have questioned the validity of Merleau-Ponty’s Husserl-interpretation. In contrast, this paper argues that Merleau-Ponty’s reading was ahead of its time and has been confirmed to a very large extent by recent Husserl scholarship. This is shown in detail through a presentation of Husserl’s late reflections on reduction, constitution, embodiment, passivity, and intersubjectivity, reflections which are primarily to be found in posthumously published manuscripts.

Cited authors

Merleau-Ponty Maurice

Husserl Edmund