The City in the Distance
Published on 1. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-5315-0897-5 (ISBN)
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Exploring the ever-changing philosophy of city life with Jean-Luc Nancy
In The City in the Distance, Jean-Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses.
Far from an abstract account, Nancy attends in the most concrete way possible to the workings of a city not typically taken as paradigmatic, Los Angeles. As Jean-Christophe Bailly suggests in his foreword, Nancy joins Walter Benjamin in thinking the city not from an external vantage point, but on its own terms.
Exploring the ever-changing philosophy of city life with Jean-Luc Nancy
In The City in the Distance, Jean-Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses.
Far from an abstract account, Nancy attends in the most concrete way possible to the workings of a city not typically taken as paradigmatic, Los Angeles. As Jean-Christophe Bailly suggests in his foreword, Nancy joins Walter Benjamin in thinking the city not from an external vantage point, but on its own terms.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5315-0897-5 (9781531508975)
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Jean-Luc Nancy (Author)
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Universite de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century's foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His book The Intruder was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis.
Jean-Christophe Bailly (Foreword By)
Jean-Christophe Bailly teaches at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Nature et du Paysage, in Blois, France. His books include The Animal Side and The Instant and Its Shadow, as well as many other books and artists' catalogs in French.
Cory Stockwell (Translator)
Cory Stockwell is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. His translations include books by Mariette Navarro and Pascal Bruckner.
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Universite de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century's foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His book The Intruder was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis.
Jean-Christophe Bailly (Foreword By)
Jean-Christophe Bailly teaches at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Nature et du Paysage, in Blois, France. His books include The Animal Side and The Instant and Its Shadow, as well as many other books and artists' catalogs in French.
Cory Stockwell (Translator)
Cory Stockwell is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. His translations include books by Mariette Navarro and Pascal Bruckner.
Content
Foreword: The City beyond the Place vii
Jean-Christophe Bailly
Preface: The Uncivil City xi
The City in the Distance 1
First Part (1987): In the Distance . . . Los Angeles 3
Second Part (1999): The City in the Distance 16
Images of the City 36
Traffic/Click 60
The Two Futures of the City 82
An Art of the City 90
Rumoration 111
Moments of the City 114
Acknowledgments 119
Notes 121
Jean-Christophe Bailly
Preface: The Uncivil City xi
The City in the Distance 1
First Part (1987): In the Distance . . . Los Angeles 3
Second Part (1999): The City in the Distance 16
Images of the City 36
Traffic/Click 60
The Two Futures of the City 82
An Art of the City 90
Rumoration 111
Moments of the City 114
Acknowledgments 119
Notes 121