Coming

By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy

With Adèle Van Reeth

Translated by Charlotte Mandell

Published: 2016

ISBN: 9780823273461

Page Count: 168

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Description: Coming is a lyrical, erudite examination of the French notion of jouissance. How did jouissance evolve from referring to the pleasure of possessing a material thing (property, wealth) to the pleasure of orgasm, from appropriation to dis-appropriation, from consumption to consummation? The philosophers Adèle van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue, ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism and from Spinoza, Hegel, andAugustine to the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller. Four additional essays are new to the American edition.
Reviews: “A stimulating analysis, Nancy’s Coming shows sex and sexuality to be crucial understanding central aspects of his work. Moving from the prurient to the profound, Coming is a scintillating read for anyone interested in the limits of desire, the loneliness that pervades much of contemporary culture, or what love means today.” - —Peter Gratton, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Details: ISBN-13 9780823273461
Published: 2016-11-01
Contributors: Translated: Charlotte Mandell
Charlotte Mandell has translated more than forty books and is the recipient of numerous awards.
By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including The Literary Absolute, Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Listening, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence.
With Adèle Van Reeth
Adèle Van Reeth is the producer and host of France Culture Radio’s daily program on philosophy. She also contributes to the program Le Cercle on Canal Plus Cinéma and to Philosophie magazine.