The Visible and the Invisible

The Visible and the Invisible contains the unfinished manuscript and working notes of the book Merleau-Ponty was writing when he died. The text is devoted to a critical examination of Kantian, Husserlian, Bergsonian, and Sartrean method, followed by the extraordinary "The Intertwining--The Chiasm," that reveals the central pattern of Merleau-Ponty's own thought. The working notes for the book provide the reader with a truly exciting insight into the mind of the philosopher at work as he refines and develops new pivotal concepts.

Table of Contents. Editor's Foreword. Editorial Note. Translator's Preface. The Visible and the Invisible: Philosophical Interrogation. 1. Reflection and Interrogation. 2. Interrogation and Dialectic. 3. Interrogation and intuition. 4. The Intertwining-The Chiasm. 5. [Appendix] Preobjective Being: The Solipsist World. Working Notes. Index. Chronological Index to Working Notes.