Abstract
In this paper I put forward an argument concerning the place and significance of painting in Merleau-Ponty’s famous last essay Eye and Mind. I argue that for Merleau-Ponty modern philosophy comes about through an engagement with vision – in an attempt to think its peculiar virtue of “action at a distance” – but ends up betraying this dynamic, by offering us an account of vision that is grounded in the spontaneity of the mind. In this sense I claim that Eye and Mind is genealogical in intent, and that Merleau-Ponty’s analysis of painting is central to accomplishing this task.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2-19 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2015 |