Which year was Merleau-Ponty's book'Humanism and Terror' published?
1945
1947
1949
1951
Answer
"Humanism and Terror" was published in 1947 as part of a postwar reflection on the Holocaust. Merleau-Ponty aimed to challenge the philosophical notion of humanism, arguing that it obscured the inherent violence and brutality within human existence. He proposed an alternative humanist philosophy rooted in our embodied experiences and responsibilities towards others.
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