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| Author | Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
|---|---|
| Original title | Phénoménologie de la perception |
| Translator | Colin Smith (1st English translation) Donald Landes (2nd English translation) |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Perception |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard, Routledge & Kegan Paul |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 466 (1965 Routledge edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0415834339 (2012 Routledge edition) |
Phenomenology of Perception (French: Phénoménologie de la perception) is a 1945 book about perception by the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, in which the author expounds his thesis of "the primacy of perception". The work established Merleau-Ponty as the pre-eminent philosopher of the body, and is considered a major statement of French existentialism.