The unavowable community

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The Unavowable Community is an inquiry into the nature and possibility of community, asking whether there can be a community of individuals that is truly “communal.” The problem, for Blanchot, is that the very terms of an ideal community make an “avowal” of membership in it a violation of the terms themselves. This meditation ranges from the problematic effects of a defect in language to actual historical experiments in community. The latter involves the life and work of George Bataille whose concerns (e.g. “the negative community”) occupy the foreground of Blanchot’s discussion. Taking as his point of departure an essay by French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Blanchot appears once again as one of the most attentive readers of what is truly challenging in French thought. His deep interest in the fiction of Marguerite Duras extends this inquiry to include “The Community of Lovers,” emerging from certain themes in Duras’ recit, The Malady of Death. As Blanchot’s first direct treatment of a subject that has long figured in or behind his work, this small but highly concentrated book stands as an important addition to his own contribution to literary, philosophical, social, and political thought, figuring as it does at the center of the emerging concern for a redefinition of politics and community. Readers of Blanchot know not to expect answers to the great questions that move his thought – rather, to live with the questions at the new level to which they have been raised in his discourse.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juni 2006

Aantal pagina's: 92

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: Maurice Blanchot

Hoofduitgeverij: Barrytown / Station Hill Pr

Eerste Vertaler: Pierre Joris

Tweede Vertaler: Joris, Pierre

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 146 mm

Product hoogte: 6 mm

Product lengte: 222 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 146 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 6 mm

Verpakking lengte: 222 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 154 g

EAN: 9781581771046

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