"Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole."

Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior and existence much broader than language alone. He maintains that man is essentially expressive, even prior to in his silence, gestures, and lived behavior.

Northwestern University Press, 1972.
ISBN: 9780810102538. 355 pp.
Third printing.
Softcover. Very good.