Anonymity and personhood: Merleau-Ponty’s account of the subject of perception

• Published in: Continental philosophy review Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 123 - 142
• Main Author: Heinämaa, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Education; Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1908-1961); Phenomenology; Philosophy; Philosophy of Man; Political Philosophy; Husserl; Phenomenology; Personal; Anonymity; Perception; Merleau-Ponty; Embodiment; Ego; Sedimentation; Depresentation; Subject

Several commentators have argued that with his concept of anonymity Merleau-Ponty breaks away from classical Husserlian phenomenology that is methodologically tied to the first person perspective. Many contemporary commentators see Merleau-Ponty’s discourse on anonymity as a break away from Husserl’...