Coming

__Coming__ is a lyrical, erudite examination of the French notion of __jouissance__. How did __jouissance__ evolve from referring to the pleasure of possessing a material thing (property, wealth) to the pleasure of orgasm, from appropriation to dis-appropriation, from consumption to consummation? The philosophers Adèle van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue touching on authors as varied as Spinoza, Hegel, Saint Augustine, the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller, and on subjects ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism. Four additional essays were added to the American edition: “The Body of Pleasure,” a philosophical examination of the body and the senses; “__Rühren, Berühren, Aufruhr__ (Moving, Touching, Uprising),” on the nature of touch; “Neither Seeing Nor Having,” an essay on the philosopher Gérard Granel’s meditations on the obsessive love of Paolo and Francesca in Canto V of Dante’s __Inferno__; and finally a lyrical and evocative prose-poem called “Nude Enumerated.” Coming is a lyrical, erudite examination of the French notion of jouissance. How did jouissance evolve from referring to the pleasure of possessing a material thing (property, wealth) to the pleasure of orgasm, from appropriation to dis-appropriation, from consumption to consummation? The philosophers Adèle van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue, ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism and from Spinoza, Hegel, andAugustine to the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller. Four additional essays are new to the American edition. --Publisher description Coming By Jean-luc Nancy Is A Lyrical Examination Of The French Notion Of Jouissance. How Did Jouissance Evolve From Referring To The Pleasure Of Ownership To The Pleasure Of Orgasm? The Philosophers Adèle Van Reeth And Jean-luc Nancy Engage In A Lively Dialogue Touching On Authors As Varied As Spinoza, The Marquis De Sade, And Henry Miller, And On Subjects Ranging From Consumerism To Mysticism. Coming by Jean-Luc Nancy is a lyrical examination of the French notion of jouissance. How did jouissance evolve from referring to the pleasure of ownership to the pleasure of orgasm? The philosophers Adele van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue touching on authors as varied as Spinoza, the Marquis de Sade, and Henry Miller, and on subjects ranging from consumerism to mysticism.