{"product_id":"nancy-now-hardback-9780745661667","title":"Nancy Now (Hardback) 9780745661667","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNancy Now\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVerena Conley (Edited by), V Conley (Author), Irving Goh (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745661667, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.413 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from some of the most prominent voices in contemporary continental philosophy, \u003ci\u003eNancy Now\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilip Armstrong, Ohio State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003ci\u003eNancy Now\u003c\/i\u003e is the constellation born from this liberating breakthrough.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrédéric Neyrat, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Political Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJean-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. Through Nancy's immense oeuvre, which covers a wide range of topics such as community, freedom, existence, sense\/ touch, democracy, Christianity, the visual arts and music, and writing itself, we have learned to take stock of the world in a more nuanced fashion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this collection, contemporaries of Nancy and eminent scholars of continental philosophy, including Giorgio Agamben, Étienne Balibar, Ginette Michaud, Georges Van Den Abbeele, Gregg Lambert and Ian James, have been invited to reflect on the force of Nancy's \"deconstruction\" and how it has affected, or will affect, the ways we approach many of the most pertinent topics in contemporary philosophy. The collection also includes Jean-Luc Nancy's previously unpublished 'Dialogue Beneath the Ribs', where he reflects, twenty years after, on his heart transplant. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Now\u003c\/i\u003e will be of critical interest not only to scholars working on or with Nancy's philosophy, but also to those interested in the development and future of French thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrelude: The Silhouette of Jean-Luc Nancy x\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiorgio Agamben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Time in Nancy 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrving Goh and Verena Andermatt Conley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Nancy’s Inoperative Community 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEtienne Balibar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “Literary Communism” 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregg Lambert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Monograms: Then and “Now” 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorges Van Den Abbeele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Extended Drawing 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGinette Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Differing on Difference 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (Mis)Reading in \u003ci\u003eDis-Enclosure \u003c\/i\u003e127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabelle Alfandary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Sovereignty Without Subject 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrving Goh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Dialogue Beneath the Ribs 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 210\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407326703896,"sku":"9780745661667","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745661667.jpg?v=1784162193","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nancy-now-hardback-9780745661667","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}