Jean-Luc Nancy: Justice, Legality and World
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Jean-Luc Nancy: Justice, Legality and World
By (Author) Benjamin Hutchens
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
15th December 2011
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
194
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Before now, Jean-Luc Nancy's contributions to legal and political theory have been largely overlooked and lacking the in-depth appraisal they deserve. In this unique collection, eighteen notable Nancy scholars contextualize Nancy's work in these areas within the broad corpus of his other concerns. By emphasizing the originality of his theories in a globalizing age, each distinctive chapter provides a new and valuable insight into Nancy's legal and political philosophy. Together with his work on sense, community and art, these cutting edge contributions examine Nancy's conceptions of justice, legality and world in conjunction with the interpretation and rationality of:
The ontology of the event. The form of relationality. The effects of globalization. The importance of Christianity in contemporary legal and political theory.
Including a brand new essay by Nancy himself, this collection marks an important and timely step in a rich area of study.
Author Bio
Benjamin Hutchens has an Oxford D.Phil. and has been a Fulbright Scholar. He is the author of Jean-Luc Nancy and the Future of Philosophy (McGill-Queens/Acumen 2005) and Levinas (Continuum 2004).
