The Gravity of Thought

Jean-Luc Nancy, Francois Raffoul, Gregory Recco (transls)

ISBN 10: 0391039857 / ISBN 13: 9780391039858

Published by Humanities Press, 1997

Very good condition. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 1156371

Synopsis:

This is a meditation on the changing role of philosophy in a postmodernist context, the two essays gathered here Chr(45) 'The Forgetting of Philosophy' and 'The Weight of a Thought' - represent some of the themes that have recently occupied Nancy's thought.

Synopsis: Two of the essays featured in this work; "The Forgetting of Philosophy " and "The Weight of a Thought", represent a meditation of the changing role of philosophy in a postmodernist context. They represent an elaboration of many of the themes which have recently occupied the work of Jean Luc-Nancy. Challenging the neomodernist projects of a "return" to Enlightenment, Nancy argues that these attempts ignore the true task of philosophy which is to expose itself to the essential opening of meaning. This exposure reveals its "weight" and thought can only take place at the limit of significations, where no full appropriation is possible.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Gravity of Thought
Publisher: Humanities Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good