"Towards a New Philosophy of the Body," Merleau-Ponty Circle of Japan, Rikkyo University, November 22-23, 2008.

The theme of the congress is "international research for the construction of a new philosophy of body -- the 100th anniversary of Merleau-Ponty". This congress is sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Merleau-Ponty's theory of body has been researched in a wide field, not only in phenomenology and the philosophy but also in sociology, social anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, aesthetics, linguistics, pedagogies, nursing studies, cognitive science and robotics, etc. So, this international congress is held aiming to focus on his theory of body, and to succeed to his thought based on the latest researches, and to search for the possibility of new development in the future, inviting the researchers in such various areas from around the world, and exchanging the researches that concern Merleau-Ponty's theory of body. Visit the conference homepage here: http://homepage3.nifty.com/mpc/icmpcj_en.html.