Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. This essay examines three works maria zambranos persona y democracia 1958, jean luc nancy s lintrus 2000 and claire deniss film the intruder 2004 in which the heart figures not. He is the georg wilhelm friedrich hegel chair and a professor of philosophy at the european graduate school egs. It can be taken as a summa of his work in the decades preceding and a formulation for the work in the decades to follow. During his studies at the sorbonne, he worked closely with canguilhem as well as ricoeur, who supervised both his 1963 masters thesis on hegels philosophy of religion and his 1973 phd thesis on kants analogical discourse. Reading the film in relation both to this text and to nancy s noli me tangere, the article examines what the dialogue emerging between denis and. Abstract this paper aims to explore and expand jeanluc nancys notion of the.
But anecdotes that would speak of him, jeanluc nancy, and of personal encounters that would appear to aspire to reach behind the complex multiplicity of strangeness that marks his identity and to discover him, jeanluc nancy, standing apart from his narrative, untouched, intact, would carry a certain risk. Peter connor recently received a doctorate in french from the university of california at berkeley. Reading the film in relation both to this text and to nancys noli me tangere, the article examines what the dialogue emerging between denis and. Body and image in jeanluc nancy and claire denis douglas morrey university of warwick body and image are crucial to the elaboration of both jeanluc nancys philosophy and claire deniss work in cinema. From the dazzlingly layered complications of the opening corpus to the meditatively personal accessibility of the closing the intruder, these essays display. The short features dialogue between the philosopher jeanluc nancy playing himself and the actress ana samardzija as his student, alex descas as a cotraveller. But anecdotes that would speak of him, jean luc nancy, and of personal encounters that would appear to aspire to reach behind the complex multiplicity of strangeness that marks his identity and to discover him, jean luc nancy, standing apart from his narrative, untouched, intact, would carry a certain risk.
After the transplantation, soon after, some people told me you should write something about that, because it is a very special story, and it is very rare that a philosopher or a writer undergo the heart transplantation etcetera. He is the author, with philippe lacouelabarthe, of the literary absolute 1988. Religion has not been a major element in my work, and for some years now i think the true american religion has been the american people. Translators note jeanluc nancy wrote corpus, the title essay of this volume, between 1990 and 1992. A collection of five essays of french philosopher nancy, originally published in 198586.
The creation of the world or globalization suny series in. This paper explores jeanluc nancys philosophical reflection on surviving his own heart transplant. Worried, it doesnt settle for, or settle on, any of the classical figures for the relation to exteriority that. This short article takes its starting point from a very important speech given by lenin in november 1920, in which he developed one of his understandings of communism in relation to the soviets. Body and image in jean luc nancy and claire denis douglas morrey university of warwick body and image are crucial to the elaboration of both jean luc nancy s philosophy and claire deniss work in cinema. In the intruder, he raises central questions concerning the relations between what he refers to as a proper life, that is, a life that is thought to be ones own singular lived experience, and medical techniques, shaped at this particular historical juncture by cyclosporine. Jean luc nancy has disclosed significant political and social dimensions to the general project of deconstructing western philosophy. Jean luc nancy wrote corpus, the title essay of this volume, between 1990 and 1992. Jeanluc nancy quotes author of being singular plural.
The intruder nancy drew if you are searched for the book the intruder nancy drew by melinda metz in pdf form, then you have come on to the loyal website. The book was the inspiration for the film, and was credited as such in the end titles. The inoperative community, myth interpreted, literary communism, shattered love, and of divine places. Nancy, jeanluc elliptical sense free download as pdf file. His first introduction to philosophy was in his youth in the catholic environment of bergerac. I will discuss the condition of possibility for phenomenology in this paper as. Jean luc nancy is distinguished professor of philosophy at the universit marc bloch,strasbourg. Nov, 2014 click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological, and.
Nancys short book about the body, corpus 2006 2000. Jeanluc nancy 1940 was born in caudean near bordeaux in france. The intruder of the title is a constant presence but never seen or even confirmed as actually existing. It sweeps, like the torch of a lighthouse, over the points of its authors compass. The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the mystical body of christall these and others are incorporated in the word corpus, the title and topic of jeanluc nancys masterwork. Jeanluc nancy and the future of philosophy is the first singleauthored, booklength introduction to nancys ideas and it offers a clear and succinct appraisal of nancys burgeoning reputation. Nancy s short book about the body, corpus 2006 2000.
This article argues that deniss aesthetic has developed in dialogue with the work of jeanluc nancy, a key thinker of touch and author of lintrus 2000, the text on which deniss film is based. The latin mass had an odd glamourall that mystery and tradition. It sweeps, like the torch of a lighthouse, over the points of its. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological, and philosophical in its multiple. Lintrus is a 2004 french drama film directed by claire denis. Nancy, jeanluc internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Jeanluc nancy has disclosed significant political and social dimensions to the general project of deconstructing western philosophy.
The intruder enters by force, through surprise or ruse 1 in this philosophical reflection. Hutchens, jean luc nancy and the future of philosophy, mcgillqueens university press, 2005. Inspired by a book by philosopher jeanluc nancy, the intruder skips across time and continentsfrom the alpine wilds to a neonlit korea to a tropical tahiti suffused with languorous melancholyas it traces the journey of an inscrutable, ailing loner michel subor seeking a black market heart transplant and his longlost son. An account of his experience, lintrus the intruder, was published in 2000. Christine irizarry, stanford university press, 2005.
I will discuss the condition of possibility for phenomenology in this paper as iterability, differance and the quasitranscendental. Inthinking bodies, by juliet flower maccannell and laura zakarin, 5262. Indeed, it is nancy who said, in the intruder, that the subjects truth is its exteriority and its excessiveness. In the intruder, he raises central questions concerning the relations between what he refers to as a proper life, that is, a life that is thought to be ones own singular lived experience, and medical techniques, shaped at. The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the mystical body of christall these and others are incorporated in the word corpus, the title and topic of jean luc nancy s masterwork. Antonin artaud 1 11 the intruder lintrus enters by. Oct 14, 2016 jeanluc nancy is a french philosopher, who has written works on thinkers from georg wilhelm friedrich hegel, to immanuel kant, rene descartes and martin heidegger. U of minnesota press, 1991 social science 176 pages. Jean luc nancy and the networks of the political, university of minnesota press, 2009, 307 pp, log.
Nancy graduated with a degree in philosophy from the sorbonne paris in 1962, where he worked with georges canguilhem. Oct 15, 2008 jeanluc nancy gives us bodies in their gravitational weight, their mutual touch, their joy and their devastation, their selfevident presence and their constant elusiveness. Jean luc nancy and the future of philosophy is the first singleauthored, booklength introduction to nancy s ideas and it offers a clear and succinct appraisal of nancy s burgeoning reputation. Jul 09, 2007 jean luc nancy, born 26 july 1940, is a french philosopher. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological, and how can we think it anew. Jeanluc nancy the political andor politics 14 march 2012, frankfurtm. Sharing jeanluc nancys singular plural in the classroom. Jeanluc nancy 1940 the french philosopher jeanluc nancy has written more than twenty books and hundreds of texts or contributions to volumes, catalogues and journals. This article argues that deniss aesthetic has developed in dialogue with the work of jean luc nancy, a key thinker of touch and author of lintrus 2000, the text on which deniss film is based. Jeanluc nancy the discourse of the syncope logodaedalus meridian crossing aesthetics 2007. In the intruder, he raises central questions concerning the relations between what he refers. Reflecting on the ongoing aftermath of heart transplantation. Rather, the author uses this figure to highlight the preoccupations of each character and. It must find itself in its ordeal and by way of its restlessness, not in the solace of edifying discourses that do nothing but pile on more testimony to its misery.
Jean luc nancy teaches at the university of human sciences in strasbourg, france. Nancy, jeanluc 1940 routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Throughout his work, he has challenged and questioned philosophys denigration of the sensuous and its privileging of the concept. Llntrus claire denis, 2004 laura mcmahon lintrus, claire denis 2004 film, returns the director to themes of foreignness and exile explored in earlier works such as chocolat 1988, a subtle study of french colonialism in 1950s cameroon, and beau travail 1999, a stylised portrayal of the foreign legion in djibouti. The film had its world premiere in the competition section at the 61st venice international film festival on 9 september 2004. The creation of the world or globalization suny series in contemporary french thought. L intrus claire denis 2004 and jeanluc nancy 20001.
Taking its name and inspiration from lintrus 2000, jeanluc nancys. Existence does not precede essence, according to nancy. Rand fordham university press new york 2008 the members of the body, as of the body. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. In the intruder, he raises central questions concerning the. Based on this, this article will explore the connection between political emancipation. Among the most recent of his many books to be published in english are corpus. Throughout his work, he has challenged and questioned philosophys denigration of. Luc nancys philosophical reflection on surviving his own heart transplant.