The Inoperative CommunityA collection of five essays of French philosopher Nancy, originally published in 1985-86: The Inoperative Community, Myth Interpreted, Literary Communism, Shattered Love, and Of Divine Places. A paper edition (1924-7) is available for $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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abandoned absence of myth absolute articulation Bataille Bataille's being-in-common Blanchot Christopher Fynsk comes communion communitarian compearance consciousness constitutes contrary Dasein death defines dialectic difference discourse divine ecstasy Emmanuel Lévinas essence everything exigency existence experience exposed exposure face fact fascism fiction finite finitude freedom Georges Bataille gods heart Hegel Heidegger Heidegger's Hölderlin human identity immanence individual infinite inscribed interruption of myth Jacques Derrida Jean-Luc Nancy language Lévinas limit literary communism literature logos longer lovers manifest Martin Heidegger Maurice Blanchot meaning metaphysics munity mythic mythology Nancy Nancy's never notion offered ontological opening Paris partage passion perhaps Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe philosophy Pierre Clastres Plato political possibility power of myth precisely present question relation religion remains sacred scene sense sharing signifies simply singular social society speaking speech sublated takes place term thing thinking thought trans transcendence translation truth unworking voice withdrawal word writing