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Inoperative Community

by Jean-Luc Nancy · 1990

Theory and History of Literature series

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In this powerful work, Jean-Luc Nancy examines community as an idea that has dominated modern thought and traces its relation to concepts of experience, discourse, and the individual. Contrary to popular Western notions of community, Nancy shows that it is neither a project of fusion nor production. Rather, he argues, community can be defined through the political nature of its resistance against immanent power.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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communitycommunityMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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