{"product_id":"the-fragmentary-demand-9780804752701","title":"The Fragmentary Demand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introduction to the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy gives an overview of his philosophical thought to date and situates it within the broader context of contemporary French and European thinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As an introductory overview to a major contemporary thinker, James's book is exemplary: the exposition is economical and clear, and combines useful contextual background with sustained sequences of detailed exegesis. James has a real knack for the concise presentation of complex ideas, and draws to good effect on Nancy's own tendency to work closely with and through other thinkers' work.\" -- \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"James shows himself to be an insightful and sophisticated expositor, carefully situating Nancy's work within the Continental tradition and detailing the central concepts and developments that constitute Nancy's own unique philosophical project.\" -- \u003ci\u003eContinental Philosophy Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a disciplined exposition of both the origins of Jean-Luc Nancy's work and its most recent shifts of emphasis...James makes an invaluable contribution to the reception of comtemporary European Philosophy in the English-speaking world. His synthetic skill, in particular his choice of topics and illustrating quotations, is impeccable.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Review\/Comptes Rendus Philosophiques\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Acknowledgments\tiii  Abbreviations\tiii  @toc2:Introduction: The Fragmentary Demand\t0  Chapter One: Subjectivity\t00  @toc3:Introduction\t000  Kant and the Foundations of Philosophy\t000  The Persistence of the Subject\t000  @toc2:Chapter Two: Space\t000  @toc3:Introduction\t000  Space: Classical and Phenomenological\t000  Heidegger and Existential Spatiality\t000  The Sense of Space: Nancy's Thinking of Spatiality\t000  @toc2:Chapter Three: Body\t000  @toc3:Introduction\t000  Merleau-Ponty and the Phenomenological Body\t000  Nancy's Corpus\t000  Ecotechnics and Writing\t000  @toc2:Chapter Four: Community\t000  @toc3:Introduction\t000  The Centre for Philosophical Research on the Political\t000  The Inoperative Community\t000  Literary Communism\t000  @toc2:Chapter Five: Art\t000  @toc3:Introduction\t000  Untying Hegel: Art, Sense, Technicity\t000  Image--Touching the Real\t000  @toc2:Conclusion\t000  @toc3:On the Creation of the World\t000  @toc4:Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768081547607,"sku":"9780804752701","price":17.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804752701.jpg?v=1758716224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fragmentary-demand-9780804752701","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}