Nancy and the Political
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:21st Jan '15
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Jean-Luc Nancy's latest contributions to philosophy compel us to ask: what sort of politics do we have once we are exposed to the finitude of sense? The internationally recognised contributors to this collection illuminate some of the most challenging aspects of Nancy's thought, making previously unexplored connections and offering spirited interpretations. Focussed around three core themes - capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics - these 12 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy's political thought, and collectively situate it within a broader intellectual context which includes engagements with Badiou, Rancière, Foucault, Agamben and Lefort. It is an essential read for anyone interested in current trends in political philosophy, aesthetics, critical theory and social and political thought.
This volume of essays offers a thoroughgoing and nuanced account of Nancy’s thinking of the political. Nancy’s separation of the political from what he calls ‘the sense of the world’ yields one of the most original and important contemporary reconfigurations of the practice of politics, of ethics and of justice. -- Dr Ian James, Reader in Modern French Literature and Thought, University of Cambridge
This volume of essays offers a thoroughgoing and nuanced account of Nancy's thinking of the political. Nancy's separation of the political from what he calls 'the sense of the world' yields one of the most original and important contemporary reconficurations of the practice of politics, of ethics and of justice. -- Ian James, University of Cambridge
ISBN: 9780748683178
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 595g
304 pages