Description
Book SynopsisJean-Luc Nancy stands as one of the great French theorists of deconstruction. His writings on philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and religion have significantly contributed to the development of contemporary French thought and helped shape and transform the field of continental philosophy.
Trade ReviewDrawing from some of the most prominent voices in contemporary continental philosophy, Nancy Now addresses an impressive range of Nancy�s texts and motifs. The essays included here demonstrate in new and demanding ways the continued timeliness the untimely contemporaneity of Nancy�s thinking.
Philip Armstrong, Ohio State University
This cutting-edge collection proves that Nancy is the thinker of our time. Nancy�s understanding of the present disrupts every claim of equivalence underlying the world�s political economy. Nancy Now is the constellation born from this liberating breakthrough.
Frédéric Neyrat, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Nancy Now is a collection that (re)introduces one of the most prominent figures in contemporary continential philosophy while emphasising the diachronicity of his work."
Political Studies Review
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
Prelude: The Silhouette of Jean-Luc Nancy x
Giorgio Agamben
1 Introduction: Time in Nancy 1
Irving Goh and Verena Andermatt Conley
2 Nancy’s Inoperative Community 20
Etienne Balibar
3 “Literary Communism” 37
Gregg Lambert
4 Monograms: Then and “Now” 59
Georges Van Den Abbeele
5 Extended Drawing 90
Ginette Michaud
6 Differing on Difference 110
Ian James
7 (Mis)Reading in Dis-Enclosure 127
Isabelle Alfandary
8 Sovereignty Without Subject 152
Irving Goh
9 Dialogue Beneath the Ribs 171
Jean-Luc Nancy
Notes 175
Index 210
