Democracy and Community - Softcover

Nancy, Jean-Luc; Engelmann, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509535357 ISBN 13: 9781509535354

Verlag: Polity, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The concept of community is tainted by the events of the twentieth century, frequently appropriated by totalitarian regimes for the purposes of exclusion and oppression. In this dialogue with Peter Engelmann, philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy attempts to reframe community as central to a reconceptualization of politics and democracy.

Observing that all our interactions are in some way shared experiences, Nancy demonstrates that a common sense of life precedes our existence as individuals: we can only truly make sense of life in a plurality. Democracy is typically concerned with establishing political unity, yet its greater task lies in community: creating a space in which sense can realize itself and circulate.

This conversation with one of France’s foremost thinkers will be of great interest to all readers of contemporary philosophy and political theory.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jean-Luc Nancy (1940 – 2021) was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg.

Peter Engelmann is a publisher, philosopher and editor at Passagen Verlag.

 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Polity
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1509535357
• ISBN 13: 9781509535354
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
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