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This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging contemporary thinkers, rethinks community and the very idea of the social. Nancy's fundamental argument is that being is always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence is essentially co-existence.

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"[An] imporatant and timely book."—Philosophy in Review
"Nancy is indeed one of the most interesting thinkers in France today."—Common Knowledge

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Preface 1. Of being singular plural 2. War, right, sovereignty - Techne 3. Eulogy for the Mele;e 4. The surprice of the event 5. Human excess 6. Cosmos Baselius Notes.

Being Singular Plural

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    A Hardback by Jean-Luc Nancy, Robert Richardson, Anne O’Byrne

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2000
      ISBN13: 9780804739740, 978-0804739740
      ISBN10: 0804739749
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging contemporary thinkers, rethinks community and the very idea of the social. Nancy's fundamental argument is that being is always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence is essentially co-existence.

      Trade Review
      "[An] imporatant and timely book."—Philosophy in Review
      "Nancy is indeed one of the most interesting thinkers in France today."—Common Knowledge

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1. Of being singular plural 2. War, right, sovereignty - Techne 3. Eulogy for the Mele;e 4. The surprice of the event 5. Human excess 6. Cosmos Baselius Notes.

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