Coming
Coming is a lyrical, erudite examination of the French notion of jouissance. How did jouissance evolve from referring to the pleasure of possessing a material thing (property, wealth) to the pleasure of orgasm, from appropriation to dis-appropriation, from consumption to consummation? The philosophers Adèle van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue, ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism and from Spinoza, Hegel, andAugustine to the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras,…
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- Full title :Coming / Jean-Luc Nancy with Adèle Van Reeth ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
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Coming is a lyrical, erudite examination of the French notion of jouissance. How did jouissance evolve from referring to the pleasure of possessing a material thing (property, wealth) to the pleasure of orgasm, from appropriation to dis-appropriation, from consumption to consummation? The philosophers Adèle van Reeth and Jean-Luc Nancy engage in a lively dialogue, ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism and from Spinoza, Hegel, andAugustine to the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller. Four additional essays are new to the American edition. --Publisher description.
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- Publication Date:©2017
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Fordham University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 155 pages ; : 19 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780823273461, 0823273466, 9780823273478, 0823273474
- oclc:ocn956633905
- LC Classification:BF515
- Dewey Decimal:152.4/2
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