O corpo vivido e o movimento da vida em M. Merleau-Ponty e R. Barbaras

Firstly, the analyses here proposed focus on the interpretation of the Merleaupontyan corpus proposed by R. Barbaras in his Introduction à une phénoménologie de la vie, according to which the oscillations and ambivalences of Merleau-Ponty’s reflection on the body could be explained by the neglect of its basic living character. Secondly, we approach Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy as the project of finding in the body an original and absolute modality of movement as an opening of possibilities, a movement in which both the object that moves and the space that is opened by the movement are founded. Thirdly, by focusing on the notion of birth we propose that this singular modality of movement searched by Merleau-Ponty find its proper characterization as natural and vital movement, conciliating at least partially the perspectives of both philosophers.