{"product_id":"sense-and-singularity-jean-luc-nancy-and-the-interruption-of-philosophy-paperback","title":"Sense and Singularity: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Interruption of Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Van Den Abbeele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophical thinking is interrupted by the finitude of what cannot be named, on the one hand, and that within which it is subsumed as one of multiple modes of sense-making, on the other. \u003ci\u003eSense and Singularity \u003c\/i\u003eelaborates Jean-Luc Nancy's philosophical project as an inquiry into the limits or finitude of philosophy itself, where it is interrupted, and as a practice of critical intervention where philosophy serves to interrupt otherwise unquestioned ways of thinking. Nancy's interruption of philosophy, Van Den Abbeele argues, reveals the limits of what philosophy is and what it can do, its apocalyptic end and its endless renewal, its Sisyphean interruption between the bounds of infinitely replicating sense and the conceptual vanishing point that is singularity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn examinations of Nancy's foundational rereading of Descartes's \u003ci\u003ecogito \u003c\/i\u003eas iterative, his formal experimentations with the genres of philosophical writing, the account of \"retreat\" in understanding the political, and the interruptive play of sense and singularity in writings on the body, sexuality, and aesthetics, Van Den Abbeele offers a fresh account of one of our major thinkers as well as a provocative inquiry into what philosophy can do.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSense and Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e is a scintillating, brilliant assessment of the end and ends of a great thinker and writer. Van Den Abbeele explicates patiently, meticulously and often with a novel take, Nancy's variegated writings. The manuscript is a labor of love and a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003cb\u003eVerena Conley\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSense and Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable study of the complex and original thought of this provocative thinker. Each of its chapters is a model of careful reading deftly carried along by Van Den Abbeele's central argument that Nancy is a thinker of the interruption of philosophy at the limit of sense. There are few studies as comprehensive as this one, which reads Nancy's work from the earliest writings to the last publications. But above all \u003ci\u003eSense and Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e makes compelling sense of the adventure of Nancy's thought at the limit of sense.\"--\u003cb\u003ePeggy Kamuf\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Southern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philosophical thinking is interrupted by the finitude of what cannot be named, on the one hand, and that within which it is subsumed as one of multiple modes of sense-making, on the other. \u003ci\u003eSense and Singularity \u003c\/i\u003eelaborates Jean-Luc Nancy's philosophical project as an inquiry into the limits or finitude of philosophy itself, where it is interrupted, and as a practice of critical intervention where philosophy serves to interrupt otherwise unquestioned ways of thinking. Nancy's interruption of philosophy, Van Den Abbeele argues, reveals the limits of what philosophy is and what it can do, its apocalyptic end and its endless renewal, its Sisyphean interruption between the bounds of infinitely replicating sense and the conceptual vanishing point that is singularity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn examinations of Nancy's foundational rereading of Descartes's \u003ci\u003ecogito \u003c\/i\u003eas iterative, his formal experimentations with the genres of philosophical writing, the account of \"retreat\" in understanding the political, and the interruptive play of sense and singularity in writings on the body, sexuality, and aesthetics, Van Den Abbeele offers a fresh account of one of our major thinkers as well as a provocative inquiry into what philosophy can do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Van Den Abbeele\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Humanities at the University of California at Irvine.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Van Den Abbeele\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Humanities at the University of California at Irvine. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Travel as Metaphor: From Montaigne to Rousseau\u003c\/i\u003e, the translator of five books by Jean-Fran輟is Lyotard and others, and the editor or coeditor of numerous books and journal issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777562771744,"sku":"9781531503307","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9eebd5ba51f835ae81e0cc636473c6d8.webp?v=1780500041","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sense-and-singularity-jean-luc-nancy-and-the-interruption-of-philosophy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}