{"product_id":"infant-figures-9780804734073","title":"Infant Figures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume juxtaposes philosophical and psychoanalytic speculation with literary and artistic commentary in order to approach a set of questions concerning the human relation to language, a relation that cannot be taken as an object of critical or philosophical reflection in the traditional manner. Exploring the exigencies of figuring this relation at the limits of language, the multifold writing of this volume takes the form of a triptych (following the model of works by Francis Bacon) rather than that of a thesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central (and organizing) section of the volume contains an extended dialogue on two textual passages portraying versions of what the author describes as the death of the \u003ci\u003einfans.\u003c\/i\u003e With the strange resonance of the primal or the originary, these two scenes from works by Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Lacan invite a reflection on the mortal exposure that marks the human share in the advent of language, an exposure whose figuration is necessary to any speech o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In blending theoretical acumen with literary sensibility, Christopher Fynsk's volume makes an important contribution to the timely and ethical project of \u003ci\u003ethinking otherwise than Being\u003c\/i\u003e our human relation to language.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSymploke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This very important meditation on the human relationships to language will assume a prominent place not only in the field of the philosophy of language but in the expanding field of trauma research. Moreover, it will serve to introduce into philosophical and psychoanalytical thought a new dimension, namely the 'thought of relation.'\" -- Elisabeth Weber * University of California, Santa Barbara *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations  Introduction  Part I. What Remains at a Crucifixion: 1. A prefce on cruelty: Nietzsche's self-examination  2. What remains at a crucifixion  Part II. Infant Figures: 3. Infant figures  Appendix  Part III. Anonymous Figures: 4. An art of the possible: a dialogue with Salvatore Puglia  5. Anonymous figures  Notes  Bibliography  Index of names.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405531160919,"sku":"9780804734073","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804734073.jpg?v=1730492748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/infant-figures-9780804734073","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}