Corpus.

By:

Nancy, Jean-Luc

Contributor(s):

Rand, Richard A

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780823229635

Subject(s):

Human body (Philosophy)

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: CorpusDDC classification:

128/.6

LOC classification:

B105.B64 -- N3613 2008eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Corpus -- On the Soul -- The Extension of the Soul -- To Exist Is to Exit the Point -- Fifty-eight Indices on the Body -- The Intruder -- Notes.

Summary: How have we thought the body? How can we think it anew? The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the mystical body of Christ-all these (and others) are incorporated in the word Corpus, the title and topic of Jean-Luc Nancy's masterwork. The long-awaited English translation is a bold, bravura rendering. To the title essay are added five closely related recent pieces-including a commentary by Antonia Birnbaum-dedicated in large part to the legacy of the mind-body problem formulated by Descartes and the challenge it poses to rethinking the ancient problems of the corpus. The last and most poignant of these essays is The Intruder, Nancy's philosophical meditation on his heart transplant. The book also serves as the opening move in Nancy's larger project called The deconstruction of Christianity.

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Intro -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Corpus -- On the Soul -- The Extension of the Soul -- To Exist Is to Exit the Point -- Fifty-eight Indices on the Body -- The Intruder -- Notes.

How have we thought the body? How can we think it anew? The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the mystical body of Christ-all these (and others) are incorporated in the word Corpus, the title and topic of Jean-Luc Nancy's masterwork. The long-awaited English translation is a bold, bravura rendering. To the title essay are added five closely related recent pieces-including a commentary by Antonia Birnbaum-dedicated in large part to the legacy of the mind-body problem formulated by Descartes and the challenge it poses to rethinking the ancient problems of the corpus. The last and most poignant of these essays is The Intruder, Nancy's philosophical meditation on his heart transplant. The book also serves as the opening move in Nancy's larger project called The deconstruction of Christianity.

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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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