Coming

by Jean-Luc Nancy, Ad le Van Reeth (With), Charlotte Mandell (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823273461
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jean-Luc Nancy is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Universite Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought is developed in many books, including The Disavowed Community; Ego Sum: Corpus, Anima, Fabula; and, with Frederico Ferrari, Being Nude: The Skin of Images (all Fordham).

Adèle Van Reeth is the producer and host of France Culture Radio's daily program on philosophy. She also contributes to the program Le Cercle on Canal Plus Cinéma and to Philosophie magazine.

Charlotte Mandell has translated more than forty books and is the recipient of numerous awards.

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Language Edition

Why Speak of Coming [Jouissance]?

Coming
Preliminaries
Are We Alone in Jouissance?
From Animal Instinct to Desire of the Other: How to Go from Plaisir to Jouir?
Toward Infinity and Beyond: Is There an Art to Jouir?
The Condemnation of Jouissance
From Profit to Consumption/Consummation: Can We Enjoy Everything?
Some Bibliographical Reference Points

Body of Pleasure

Rühren, Berühren, Aufruhr (Moving, Touching, Uprising)

Neither Seeing Nor Having [Ni le voir ni l'avoir]

Nude Enumerated

Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"A stimulating analysis, Nancy's Coming shows sex and sexuality to be crucial understanding central aspects of his work. Moving from the prurient to the profound, Coming is a scintillating read for anyone interested in the limits of desire, the loneliness that pervades much of contemporary culture, or what love means today."—Peter Gratton, Memorial University of Newfoundland

From the Publisher

A stimulating analysis, Nancy’s Coming shows sex and sexuality to be crucial understanding central aspects of his work. Moving from the prurient to the profound, Coming is a scintillating read for anyone interested in the limits of desire, the loneliness that pervades much of contemporary culture, or what love means today.

Memorial University of Newfoundland - Peter Gratton