Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World, Ontology, Politics, and Sense (SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought)

__Wide-ranging essays on Jean-Luc Nancy's thought__.Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the “deconstruction of Christianity.” Focusing on Nancy’s writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancy’s work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume.“This invaluable collection engages with the full range of Nancy’s philosophical concerns to offer a series of enriching and highly illuminating critical perspectives. It demonstrates the importance of Nancy’s work for philosophical reflection on the contemporary world.” — Ian James, author of __The Fragmentary Demand: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy__ Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World Ontology, Politics, and Sense 1 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 List of Abbreviations 10 Introduction 12 Part One: Expositions of the World: Creation, Globalization, and the Legacies of Christianity 22 Chapter 1: The Creation of the World 24 Chapter 2: No Other Place to Be: Globalization, Monotheism, and Salut in Nancy 38 Chapter 3: Christianity’s Other Resource: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Deconstruction of Faith 54 Chapter 4: Deconstruction and Globalization: The World According to Jean-Luc Nancy 68 Part Two: Expositions of Ontology, or a Post-Deconstructive Realism 88 Chapter 5: Nancy’s Materialist Ontology 90 Chapter 6: On Interface: Nancy’s Weights and Masses 106 Chapter 7: The Speculative Challenge and Nancy’s Post-Deconstructive Realism 120 Part Three: Expositions of the Political: Justice, Freedom, Equality 138 Chapter 8: Archi-ethics, Justice, and the Suspension of History in the Writing of Jean-Luc Nancy 140 Chapter 9: Jean-Luc Nancy on the Political after Heidegger and Schmitt 154 Chapter 10: The Task of Justice 170 Part Four: Expositions of Sense: Art and the Limits of Representation 184 Chapter 11: De-monstration and the Sens of Art 186 Chapter 12: Poetry’s Promiscuous Plurality: On a Part of Jean-Luc Nancy's The Muses 202 Chapter 13: Forbidding, Knowing, Continuing: On Representing the Shoah 224 Part Five: Interview with Jean-Luc Nancy 238 Chapter 14: The Commerce of Plural Thinking 240 Bibliography of Jean-Luc Nancy’s Works in English 252 List of Contributors 258 Index 262 Wide-ranging essays on Jean-Luc Nancy’s thought. Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the “deconstruction of Christianity.” Focusing on Nancy’s writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancy’s work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume. Peter Gratton is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author of The State of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Political Fictions of Modernity, also published by SUNY Press, and the coeditor (with John Panteleimon Manoussakis) of Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. Marie-Eve Morin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the deconstruction of Christianity. Focusing on Nancy's writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancy's work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume. This invaluable collection engages with the full range of Nancy's philosophical concerns to offer a series of enriching and highly illuminating critical perspectives. It demonstrates the importance of Nancy's work for philosophical reflection on the contemporary world. -- Ian James, author of The Fragmentary Demand: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy Peter Gratton is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Publisher's note Wide-ranging essays on Jean-Luc Nancy's thought . Jean-Luc Nancy is one of the leading voices in European philosophy of the last thirty years, and he has influenced a range of fields, including theology, aesthetics, and political theory. This volume offers the widest and most up-to-date responses to his work, oriented by the themes of world, finitude, and sense, with attention also given to his recent project on the “deconstruction of Christianity.” Focusing on Nancy’s writings on globalization, Christianity, the plurality of art forms, his materialist ontology, as well as a range of contemporary issues, an international group of scholars provides not just inventive interpretations of Nancy’s work but also essays taking on the most pressing issues of today. The collection brings to the fore the originality of his thinking and points to the future of continental philosophy. A previously unpublished interview with Nancy concludes the volume. “This invaluable collection engages with the full range of Nancy’s philosophical concerns to offer a series of enriching and highly illuminating critical perspectives. It demonstrates the importance of Nancy’s work for philosophical reflection on the contemporary world.” — Ian James, author of The Fragmentary Demand: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy Expositions Of The World: Creation, Globalization, And The Legacies Of Christianity -- The Creation Of The World / François Raffoul -- No Other Place To Be : Globalization, Monotheism, And Salut In Nancy / Christina Smerick -- Christianity's Other Resource : Jean-luc Nancy And The Deconstruction Of Faith / Alfonso Cariolato -- Deconstruction And Globalization : The World According To Jean-luc Nancy / Martin Mcquillan -- Nancy's Materialist Ontology / Anne O'byrne -- On Interface : Nancy's Weights And Masses / Graham Harman -- The Speculative Challenge And Nancy's Post-deconstructive Realism / Peter Gratton -- Archi-ethics, Justice, And The Suspension Of History In The Writing Of Jean-luc Nancy / B.c. Hutchens -- Jean-luc Nancy On The Political After Heidegger And Schmitt / Andrew Norris -- The Task Of Justice / David Pettigrew -- De-monstration And The Sens Of Art / Stephen Barker -- Poetry And Plurality : On A Part Of Jean-luc Nancy's The Muses / William Watkin -- Forbidding, Knowing, Continuing : On Representing The Shoah / Andrew Benjamin -- Interview With Jean-luc Nancy : The Commerce Of Plural Thinking -- Bibliography Of Jean-luc Nancy's Works In English. Edited By Peter Gratton, Marie-eve Morin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.