| Mearleau-Ponty’s Flesh Ontology and Symbiotic Relationship with Nature |
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Hyang-suk Seo |
| 메를로 퐁티의 살 존재론과 자연과의 공생 |
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서향숙 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study was to make human life in the future be able to coexist with nature by seeking for a philosophical alternative to overcome environmental crisis including human crisis in modern society from Mearleau-Ponty’s ‘phenomenology of the body.’
Existentialist philosophy is placed somewhere in the benefits of the modern scientific and technological civilization, which is enjoyed by the combination of Bacon’s utopian viewpoint of science and Descartes’ rational tradition. Based on ‘the flesh ontology’ of Mearleau-Ponty who opened a new prospect with Sartre through the philosophy of the body in the 20th century, under the post-modernism structure in the latter part of the 1990s of which core keyword for the discourse of human and social science was ‘the body’, the author tried to find out a clue of thinking that could clarify the side effect of rationality-oriented scientism as follows:
First, a variety of dangerous signs of modern scientific and technological civilization was examined focusing on the critical view of philosophical and scientific circles. Second, the answer to the question ‘Is it possible for human beings who have merely enjoyed the benefits of science and technology for a long time to be the center of the world?’ was looked into focusing on Mearleau-Ponty’ phenomenology and body philosophy. Third, based on Mearleau-Ponty’ ‘flesh ontology’, the author argued that cultivating sensitivity for all the living things seems to be the clue for the symbiosis between human life and nature in the future. |
| Key Words:
Mearleau-Ponty, The phenomenology of the body, Flesh ontology, Body schema, Dangerous signs in the modern society, Symbiosis |
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