The Possibility of a World

Conversations with Pierre-Philippe Jandin

By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy and Pierre-Philippe Jandin

Translated by Travis Holloway and Flor Méchain

Published: 2017

ISBN: 9780823275410

Page Count: 152

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Description: In this series of interviews, Jean-Luc Nancy reviews his life’s work. But like Schlegel’s historian—“a prophet facing backwards”—Nancy takes this opportunity to rummage through the history of art, philosophy, religion, and politics in search of new possibilities that remain to be thought.

This journey through Nancy’s thought is interspersed with accounts of places and events and deeply personal details. The result is at once unpretentious and encyclopedic: Concepts are described with remarkable nuance and specificity, but in a language that comes close to that of everyday life.

As Nancy surveys his work, he thinks anew about democracy, community, jouissance, love, Christianity, and the arts. In the end, this is a book about the possibility of a world—a world that must be greeted because it is, as Nancy says, already here.
Authors & Distributors: Jean-Luc Nancy is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought is developed in many books, including The Banality of Heidegger; The Possibility of a World; The Disavowed Community; Ego Sum; and, with Adèle Van Reeth, Coming (all Fordham).
Details: ISBN-13 9780823275410
Published: 2017-08-08
Contributors: Translated: Travis Holloway
Travis Holloway (with Flor Méchain) previously translated What’s These Worlds Coming To? by Jean-Luc Nancy and Aurélien Barrau. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY-Farmingdale.
By (author) Pierre-Philippe Jandin
Translated: Flor Méchain
Flor Méchain (with Travis Holloway)previously translated What’s These Worlds Coming To? by Jean-Luc Nancy and Aurélien Barrau. Méchain is a professional translator.
By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought is developed in many books, including The Banality of Heidegger; The Possibility of a World; The Disavowed Community; Ego Sum; and, with Adèle Van Reeth, Coming (all Fordham).