Coming

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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 touching on authors as varied as Spinoza, Hegel, Saint Augustine, the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller, and on sub…

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Title Statements

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 touching on authors as varied as Spinoza, Hegel, Saint Augustine, the Marquis de Sade, Marguerite Duras, and Henry Miller, and on subjects ranging from consumerism to video games to mysticism.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Fordham University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780823273508, 0823273504, 9780823273492, 0823273490, 9780823273485, 0823273482, 9780823273515, 0823273512
oclc:ocn961105734
LC Classification:BF515
Dewey Decimal:152.4/2

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Electronic books interviews Nancy, Jean-Luc PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body Plaisir Pleasure Pleasure principle (Psychology) Principe de plaisir (Psychologie) Psychanalyse Psychoanalysis