TY - GEN T1 - The flesh of images : Merleau-Ponty between painting and cinema T2 - SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy. A1 - Carbone, Mauro, 1956- A2 - Nijhuis, Marta, 1983- A2 - Carbone, Mauro, 1956- LA - English LA - French PP - Albany PB - State University of New York Press YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn922325606 AB - In The Flesh of Images, Mauro Carbone begins with the point that Merleau-Ponty's often misunderstood notion of "flesh" was another way to signify what he also called "Visibility." Considering vision as creative voyance, in the visionary sense of creating as a particular presence something which, as such, had not been present before, Carbone proposes original connections between Merleau-Ponty and Paul Gauguin, and articulates his own further development of the "new idea of light" that the French philosopher was beginning to elaborate at the time of his sudden death. Carbone connects these ideas to Merleau-Ponty's continuous interest in cinema-an interest that has been traditionally neglected or circumscribed. Focusing on Merleau-Ponty's later writings, including unpublished course notes and documents not yet available in English, Carbone demonstrates both that Merleau-Ponty's interest in film was sustained and philosophically crucial, and also that his thinking provides an important resource for illuminating our contemporary relationship to images, with profound implications for the future of philosophy and aesthetics. Building on his earlier work on Marcel Proust and considering ongoing developments in optical and media technologies, Carbone adds his own philosophical insight into understanding the visual today. CN - B2430.M3764 C373313 2015eb SN - 9781438458809 SN - 1438458800 SN - 9781438458793 SN - 1438458797 KW - Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, : 1908-1961 : Knowledge and learning. KW - Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, : 1908-1961 KW - Painting. KW - Motion pictures. KW - Paintings KW - Motion Pictures KW - Peinture. KW - CineĢma. KW - PHILOSOPHY : Epistemology. KW - Motion pictures KW - Painting ER -