The Possibility of a World
Conversations with Pierre-Philippe Jandin
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 2017
152 pages
978-0-8232-7543-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this series of interviews, Jean-Luc Nancy reviews his life's work. But like Schlegel's historian-"a prophet facing backwards"-Nancy takes this opportunity to rummage through the history of art, philosophy, religion, and politics in search of new possibilities that remain to be thought.
This journey through Nancy's thought is interspersed with accounts of places and events and deeply personal details. The result is at once unpretentious and encyclopedic: Concepts are described with remarkable nuance and specificity, but in a language that comes close to that of everyday life.
As Nancy surveys his work, he thinks anew about democracy, community, jouissance, love, Christianity, and the arts. In the end, this is a book about the possibility of a world-a world that must be greeted because it is, as Nancy says, already here.
This journey through Nancy's thought is interspersed with accounts of places and events and deeply personal details. The result is at once unpretentious and encyclopedic: Concepts are described with remarkable nuance and specificity, but in a language that comes close to that of everyday life.
As Nancy surveys his work, he thinks anew about democracy, community, jouissance, love, Christianity, and the arts. In the end, this is a book about the possibility of a world-a world that must be greeted because it is, as Nancy says, already here.
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English
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NY
United States
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Professional and scholarly
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Digital original
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0,99 MB
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978-0-8232-7543-4 (9780823275434)
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Persons
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.
Travis Holloway (with Flor Mechain) previously translated What's These Worlds Coming To? by Jean-Luc Nancy and Aurelien Barrau. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY-Farmingdale.
Travis Holloway (with Flor Mechain) previously translated What's These Worlds Coming To? by Jean-Luc Nancy and Aurelien Barrau. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY-Farmingdale.
