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The Possibility of a World

By Nancy , Jean-Luc;Jandin , Pierre-Philippe;Holloway , Travis;Méchain , Flor;

Book information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
2016051066, 9780823275403, 9780823275410
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
700 kB (716941 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-11 18:48:39

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.

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