Merleau-Ponty’s Chiasm and the ethical call of situated criticism

What Happens to History: The Renewal of Ethics in Contemporary Thought

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 95-122

  Gallagher, Lowell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203760802-10     Document Type: Chapter

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