The Inoperative Community (Theory and History of Literature)

"In this powerful work, Jean-Luc Nancy examines community as an idea that has dominated modern thought and traces its relation to concepts of experience, discourse, and the individual. Contrary to popular Western notions of community, Nancy shows that it is neither a project of fusion nor production. Rather, he argues, community can be defined through the political nature of its resistance against immanent power."--University of Minnesota Press Front Cover ......Page 1 Front Matter ......Page 2 Contents......Page 3 Foreword: Experiences of Finitude by Christopher Fynsk......Page 4 Preface Translated by Peter Connor......Page 19 1 The Inoperative Community......Page 22 2 Myth Interrupted......Page 43 3 "Literary Communism"......Page 57 4 Shattered Love......Page 63 5 Of Divine Places......Page 77 Notes......Page 97 Index......Page 107 Jean-luc Nancy ; Edited By Peter Connor ; Translated By Peter Connor ... [et Al.] ; Foreword By Christopher Fynsk. Translation Of: La Communauté Désœuvrée. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 151-169) And Index.