The Unavowable Community

The Unavowable Community

THE UNAVOWABLE COMMUNITY is an inquiry into the nature and possibility of community, asking whether there can be a community of individuals that is truly â€œcommunal.â€ The problem, for Blanchot, is that the very terms of an ideal community make an â€œavowalâ€ of membership in it a violation of the terms themselves. This meditation ranges from the problematic effects of a defect in language to actual historical experiments in community. The latter involves the life and work of George Bataille whose concerns (e.g. â€œthe negative communityâ€) occupy the foreground of Blanchotâ€™s discussion. Taking as his point of departure an essay by French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Blanchot appears once again as one of the most attentive readers of what is truly challenging in French thought. His deep interest in the fiction of Marguerite Duras extends this inquiry to include â€œThe Community of Lovers,â€ emerging from certain themes in Durasâ€™ recit, The Malady of Death. As Blanchotâ€™s first direct treatment of a subject that has long figured in or behind his work, this small but highly concentrated book stands as an important addition to his own contribution to literary, philosophical, social, and political thought, figuring as it does at the center of the emerging concern for a redefinition of politics and community. Readers of Blanchot know not to expect answers to the great questions that move his thought - rather, to live with the questions at the new level to which they have been raised in his discourse
Country USA
Brand Station Hill Press
Manufacturer Station Hill Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781581771046
ReleaseDate 2006-06-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781581771046

Country	USA
Brand	Station Hill Press
Manufacturer	Station Hill Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781581771046
ReleaseDate	2006-06-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781581771046

The Unavowable Community

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