Philosophical Chronicles.

By:

Nancy, Jean-Luc

Contributor(s):

Manjali, Franson

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780823269082

Subject(s):

Philosophy, Modern - 21st century

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophical ChroniclesDDC classification:

LOC classification:

B792 -- .N3513 2008eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Translator's Foreword -- First Chronicle -- Second Chronicle -- Third Chronicle -- Fourth Chronicle -- Fifth Chronicle -- Sixth Chronicle -- Seventh Chronicle -- Eighth Chronicle -- Ninth Chronicle -- Tenth Chronicle -- Eleventh Chronicle -- Notes.

Summary: The book presents the texts of eleven talks given on the France-Culture Radio from September 2002 to July 2003. In these short addresses, Nancy discusses: terror in relation to religion and capitalism; the relevance of philosophy to life (whether philosophy can be a form of life); the status of god in monotheism; the relevance of politics as it is defined today; the Heidegger affair and its consequences for philosophy; war, especially in the context of the invasion of Iraq; the role of negativity in philosophical and cultural discourses; art and the variability of its meanings, the predominance of the metaphor of the sun. The essays can be read separately, but together they amount to the striking vision of a philosopher sensitive to the world of his times and attempting to open his own path within it. The human condition that governs philosophy is, he concludes, to tread the narrow path between the conditioned and the unconditioned.

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The book presents the texts of eleven talks given on the France-Culture Radio from September 2002 to July 2003. In these short addresses, Nancy discusses: terror in relation to religion and capitalism; the relevance of philosophy to life (whether philosophy can be a form of life); the status of god in monotheism; the relevance of politics as it is defined today; the Heidegger affair and its consequences for philosophy; war, especially in the context of the invasion of Iraq; the role of negativity in philosophical and cultural discourses; art and the variability of its meanings, the predominance of the metaphor of the sun. The essays can be read separately, but together they amount to the striking vision of a philosopher sensitive to the world of his times and attempting to open his own path within it. The human condition that governs philosophy is, he concludes, to tread the narrow path between the conditioned and the unconditioned.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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