Merleau-Ponty and the Essence of Nature: A Return to Elemental Symbolism

Taylor Knight reveals the way in which phenomenology initiates a return to ontology construed through a dialectical relationship between being and element. Within phenomenology's return to the elemental, Merleau-Ponty's late philosophy is a key locus, opening critical paths forward into an ontology for the ecological age. With reference to his phenomenological forebears - Heidegger, Husserl, Levinas - his non-phenomenological influences - Bachelard, Schelling, Freud - and his dialogue with Greek thought - Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle - Knight shows what is authentically new in Merleau-Ponty's late ontology.

Author: Taylor Knight
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 02/28/2026
Series: New Perspectives in Ontology
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781399529907