This collection is the first extended investigation of the relation between time and memory in Maurice MerleauPontys thought as a whole and the first to explore in depth the significance of his concept of institution. It brings the French phenomenologists views on the self and ontology into contemporary focus. Time Memory Institution argues that the self is not a selfcontained or selfdetermining identity as such it is gathered out of a radical openness to what is not self and that it gathers itself in a time that is not merely a given dimension but folds back upon gathers and institutes itself. Access to previously unavailable texts in particular MerleauPontys lectures on institution and expression has presented scholars with new resources for thinking about time memory and history. These essays represent the best of this new direction in scholarship they deepen our understanding of self and world in relation to time and memory and they give occasion to reexamine MerleauPontys contribution and relevance to contemporary Continental philosophy. This volume is essential reading for scholars of phenomenology and French philosophy as well as for the many readers across the arts humanities and social sciences who continue to draw insight and inspiration from MerleauPonty. Contributors Elizabeth Behnke Edward Casey Vronique Fti Donald Landes Kirsten Jacobson Galen Johnson Michael Kelly Scott Marratto Glen Mazis Caterina Rea John Russon Robert Vallier and Bernhard Waldenfels