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Jean-Luc Nancy - Identity: Fragments, Frankness - 9780823256105 - V9780823256105
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Identity: Fragments, Frankness

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Description for Identity: Fragments, Frankness Hardback. Features a dense and powerful essay on the notion of identity and national identity, and on how they play in our contemporary world. In contrast with the various attempts to cling to established identities, or to enclose identity within dubious agendas, the author shows that an identity is always open: to alterity and its transformations. Translator(s): Raffoul, Francois. Series: Commonalities (FUP). Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.

Identity: Fragments, Frankness is a rich and powerful essay on the notion of identity and on how it operates in our contemporary world. In contrast to the various attempts to cling to established identities or to associate identity with dubious agendas, Nancy shows that an identity is always open to alterity and its transformations.
Against cynical initiatives that seek to instrumentalize the question of identity in an attempt to manipulate sentiment against immigration, Nancy problematizes anew the notions of identity, nation, and national identity. He seeks to show that there is never a given identity but always an open ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
Series
Commonalities
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823256105
SKU
V9780823256105
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century’s foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His book The Intruder was adapted into ... Read more

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