Pensiero terrestre e spazio di gioco. L’orizzonte ecologico dell’esperienza a partire da Merleau-Ponty

Starting from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's work, this thesis suggests an original treatment of the problems of the body and space, through the inquiry of play. In the Cartesian tradition, body and Earth are viewed as simple objects. Phenomenology reimagines them respectively as "Leib" and "Boden", with reference to the idea of "Spielraum". This thesis proposes to shed light on the legacy of this rediscovery, arguing the possibility of ecological subjectivity. The supporting hypothesis is that play, investigated in its anthropological, psychological, and ethological aspects, can provide a model for the ethical and ontological analysis of the relationship between the subject and the world.