Jean-Luc Nancy - Lectures / Workshops / Seminars

PHILOSOPHY, COMMUNITY AND ART: The Sacred Mystery of Art (3 credits)

Jean-Luc Nancy, Ph.D.

Description: This course examines the thinking of Jean-Luc Nancy, one of the most respected philosophers of today’s world. We will examine the Sacred and its tracings throughout history. As we chase the Sacred from temple to street, to the moment of art, to the space of dreams we will begin to touch the concept of sense. We will examine the sacredness of sexuality, nature and the temple.This course will ask what is at stake in art? We will forever be grasping towards mystery.

Objectives: This course will inform students on the current thinking of Jean-Luc Nancy. Students will bring their own experience and research as we push each others thinking towards new heights. We will prepare for the ultimate task, to think a new future.

Required Readings:

Nancy, Jean-Luc, Simona Sawhney (Translation), Peter Connor (ed). The Inoperative Community. University of Minnesota Press. June 1991. Paperback, 176 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0816619247.Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Jeffrey S. Librett (Translation, Forward). The sense of the world. University of Minnesota Press. 1997. Hardcover, 206 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0816626103. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Robert D. Richardson, Anne E. O'Byrne (Translation). Being singular plural. Stanford University Press. November 2000. Hardcover, 207 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804739749. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0804739757. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Simon Sparks (Translator). A finite thinking. Stanford University Press. October 6, 2003. Hardcover, 360 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804739005. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0804739013. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Simon Sparks (Editor). Multiple Arts: The Muses II. Stanford University Press. May 15, 2006. Paperback, 288 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804739544. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc, Raffoul Francois (Translator) and David Pettigrew (Translator). The Creation of the World or Globalization. State University of New York Press. February 8, 2007. Hardcover, 129 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0791470253. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0791470261. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Saul Anton (Translator). The Discourse of the Syncope: Logodaedalus. Stanford University Press. December 20, 2007. Hardcover, 200 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804753539. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0804753547. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc, Bettina Bergo (Translator), Gabriel Malenfant (Translator) and Michael B. Smith (Translator). Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity. Fordham University Press. April 1, 2008. Hardcover, 190 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0823228355. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0823228363. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Richard A. Rand (Translator). Corpus. Fordham University Press. October 15, 2008. Hardcover, 173 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0823229610. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0823229629. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Recommended Readings:

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time. Harper. 2008. Paperback, 608 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0061575593. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics. Nabu. 2010. Paperback, 208 pages, Language English, ISBN: 1141512556. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

BODY, COMMUNITY AND FREEDOM: Sensing the Community (3 credits)

Jean-Luc Nancy, Ph.D.

Description: This course deconstructs the body, the communitary experience and the notion of freedom within the context of myth, literature and Christianity. We will examine the body and sense and its relationship to sovereignty and freedom. We will examine what it means to form a community and the relationships formed within and outside of communities. This course is an in-depth analysis of Jean-Luc Nancy’s thinking and its relationship to contemporary debates in philosophy.

Required Books and Reading Assignments:

Nancy, Jean-Luc. L'Intrus. Galilée. 2000. Paperback, 84 pages, Language French, ISBN: 2718605391. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc and Peggy Kamuf (Translation). The Muses. Meridian. Stanford University Press. 1996. Hardcover, 118 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804727805. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0804727813. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Nancy, Jean-Luc. Hegel: The Restlessness of the Negative. Univ Of Minnesota Press. April 18, 2002. Paperback, 160 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0816632219. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.