This is the first book to consider the increasing importance of Jean-Luc Nancy's work, which has influenced key thinkers such as Jacques Derrida. All his major works have been translated into English, yet until now little has been made available on his place in contemporary philosophy.By showing how he situates his work in a contemporary context - the collapse of communism, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia - this outstanding collection reveals how Nancy's engagement with Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Derrida makes him one of the key contemporary continental philosophers.Providing new perspectives on the issues of sense, art and community, these essays make it impossible to approach philosophy without reference to the work Jean-Luc Nancy.
Author(s): D. Sheppard
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 232
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1 Phrase VII......Page 13
2 Lost Horizons and Uncommon Grounds......Page 24
3 The Shared World......Page 31
4 Jean-Luc Nancy: The Place of a Thinking......Page 43
5 Ou, séance, touche de Nancy, ici......Page 49
6 Rashomon and the Sharing of Voices Between East and West Michael......Page 73
7 Nancy and the Political Imaginary After Nature......Page 99
8 Interruptions of Necessity......Page 110
9 Alongside the Horizon......Page 145
10 Sacrifice Revisited Miguel de Beistegui......Page 161
11 An ‘Inoperative’ Global Community?......Page 177
12 Anger Alphonso Lingis......Page 199
Index......Page 217
