The Possibility of a World : Conversations with Pierre-Philippe Jandin / Jean-Luc Nancy, Pierre-Philippe Jandin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nancy, Jean-Luc, Author.

Jandin, Pierre-Philippe, Author.

Contributor:

Holloway, Travis

Méchain, Flor.

Standardized Title:

Possibilité d'un monde. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Nancy, Jean-Luc--Interviews.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

1. Formative Years

2. The World

3. Community

4. People and Democracy

5. Political Affects

6. Politics and Religion

7. The Quest for “Art”

8. The Present, Presence

9. Nihilism or Joy

Notes:

Translated from the French.

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780823275441

0823275442

9780823277162

082327716X

9780823275434

0823275434

9780823275427

0823275426

OCLC:

1001300276