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Informationen zum Autor Sanja Dejanovic is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Trent University. Klappentext 'This volume of essays offers a thoroughgoing and nuanced account of Nancy's thinking of the political. Nancy's separation of the political from what he calls "the sense of the world" yields one of the most original and important contemporary reconfigurations of the practice of politics, of ethics and of justice.' Ian James, University of Cambridge Examines Jean-Luc Nancy's latest contributions to the study of the political Jean-Luc Nancy's latest contributions to philosophy compel us to inquire afresh what sort of politics we have once we are exposed to the finitude of sense. Assembling a number of influential voices on Nancy today, this collection sheds light on some of the most challenging aspects of Nancy's thought - making previously unexplored connections and offering spirited interpretations. It is focused around three core themes - capitalism; the metaphysics of democracy; and aesthetics - all of which emphasise the potential of Nancy's political thought and collectively situate it within a broader intellectual context which includes engagements with Badiou, Rancière, Foucault, Agamben and Lefort. It is an essential read for anyone interested in current trends in political philosophy, aesthetics, critical theory and social and political thought. Sanja Dejanovic is an Adjunct Professor in Philosophy at Trent University. Zusammenfassung Examines authors fresh contributions to the study of the political. This collection features! essays that connects and develops the fundamental themes and concepts that animate his political thought. It is suitable for readers working in social and political thought! European philosophy! aesthetics and cultural studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Introduction: Sense, Praxis, and the Political Sanja DejanovicEvent of Sense: Being-With, Ethics, Democracy1. 'We Must Become What We Are': Jean-Luc Nancy's Ontology as Ethos and Praxis Marie-Eve Morin2. Badiou and Nancy: Political Animals Christopher Watkin3. Nancy and Hegel: Freedom, Democracy and the Loss of the Power to Signify Emilia Angelova4. The Event of Democracy François Raffoul5. Thinking Nancy's 'Political Philosophy' Ignaas DevischEverything is Not Political6. Image-Politics: Jean-Luc Nancy's Ontological Rehabilitation of the Image Alison Ross7. Immanent Surface: Art and the Demand for Signification Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield8. The Separated Gesture: Partaking in the Inoperative Praxis of the Already-Unmade John Paul RiccoThe Political Between Two Infinities: Evaluations9. Im-mundus or Nancy's Globalising-World-Formation Jean-Paul Martinon10. Precarity/Abandonment Philip Armstrong11. 'A Struggle between Two Infinities': Jean-Luc Nancy on Marx's Revolution and Ours Jason E. SmithIndex...
