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History as Chiasm, Chiasm as History

History as Chiasm, Chiasm as History

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History as Chiasm, Chiasm as History

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History as Chiasm, Chiasm as History

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Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center

Journal title

Philosophy today (Celina), 2018-12, Vol.62 (1), p.285-298

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English

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Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center

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This paper connects Merleau-Ponty’s conception of chiasm with his philosophy of history. I argue that history gives us an exemplary form of a chiastic relation and that Merleau-Ponty presages his later ontology of flesh when he investigates the paradox of thinking history. In brief, the paradox is this: history takes on significance only in light o...

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History as Chiasm, Chiasm as History

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2027013664

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2027013664

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ISSN

0031-8256

E-ISSN

2329-8596

DOI

10.5840/philtoday201839213

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