Books in the Guides for the Perplexed series

Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging - or, indeed, downright bewildering.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important figures in the existential and phenomenological traditions in twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for students encountering Merleau-Ponty''s philosophy for the first time. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and takes the reader though the key themes in Merleau-Ponty''s work, casting light on complex ideas, including - crucially - his interpretations of ''perception'', ''embodiment'' and ''behaviour''. Most importantly this Guide for the Perplexed offers a full and authoritative explication of Merleau-Ponty''s phenomenological account of human behaviour.