{"product_id":"9781350003989","title":"The Philosophy of Ontological Lateness: Merleau-Ponty and the Tasks of Thinking","description":"Addressing Merleau-Ponty's work \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, in dialogue with \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e, his lectures at the Collège de France, and his reading of Proust, this book argues that at play in his thought is a philosophy of \"ontological lateness†?. This describes the manner in which philosophical reflection is fated to lag behind its objects; therefore an absolute grasp on being remains beyond its reach. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMerleau-Ponty articulates this philosophy against the backdrop of what he calls \"cruel thought†?, a style of reflecting that seeks resolution by limiting, circumscribing, and arresting its object. By contrast, the philosophy of ontological lateness seeks no such finality-no \u003ci\u003eapocalypsis \u003c\/i\u003eor unveiling-but is characterized by its ability to accept the veiling of being and its own constitutive lack of punctuality. To this extent, his thinking inaugurates a new relation to the becoming of sense that overcomes cruel thought. Merleau-Ponty's work gives voice to a wisdom of dispossession that allows for the withdrawal of being. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNever before has anyone engaged with the theme of Merleau-Ponty's own understanding of philosophy in such a sustained way as Whitmoyer does in this volume.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120602890480,"sku":"9781350003989","price":91.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781350003989_p0.jpg?v=1763710771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781350003989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}