From Peripheral Vision to Peripheral Time
Abstract
This chapter puts theories of peripheral vision, and particularly Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception, in conversation with another foundational category: time and temporality. Drawing on scholarship on the art of survival in the postgenocidal landscape of Turkey, I offer the concept of “peripheral time.” I suggest that considering peripheral time through Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception can offer novel insights into a phenomenological understanding of temporality, particularly in relation to survival in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey with implications for other contexts of genocidal violence.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Memory
violence
and history
Trauma
and Testimony
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 364–376
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter