{"product_id":"institution-and-passivity-course-notes-from-the-college-de-france-1954-1955","title":"Institution and Passivity: Course Notes from the Collège de France (1954-1955)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstitution and Passivity\u003c\/i\u003e is based on course notes for classes taught at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. Philosophically, this collection connects the issue of passive constitution of meaning with the dimension of history, furthering discussions and completing arguments started in \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSigns\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by Northwestern). Leonard Lawlor and Heath Massey's translation makes available to an English-speaking readership a critical transitional text in the history of phenomenology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY \u003c\/b\u003e(1908-1961), along with Sartre, introduced phenomenology to France. nHe held the chair of Child Psychology and Pedagogy at the University of the Sorbonne, which was later held by Jean Piaget. He then became professor of philosophy at the Collège de France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEONARD LAWLOR \u003c\/b\u003eis the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He previously translated Merleau-Ponty's\u003ci\u003e Husserl at the Limits of Phenomenology\u003c\/i\u003e for Northwestern University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHEATH MASSEY\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of philosophy at Beloit College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413224755474,"sku":"9780810126893","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ffcfdac-4ec2-4212-a809-b8db1015afd3.jpg?v=1729349857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/institution-and-passivity-course-notes-from-the-college-de-france-1954-1955","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}