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Identity: Fragments, Frankness- Jean-Luc Nancy (1st Edition, 2015) Philosophy
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Please see photos”
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780823256112
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
0823256111
ISBN-13
9780823256112
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177284819
Product Key Features
Book Title
Identity : Fragments, Frankness
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Movements / Deconstruction, General, Political
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Philosophy
Book Series
Commonalities (Fup) Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
2.9 Oz
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2014-944566
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
126
Table Of Content
0. Fragments 1. Causes and Consequences 2. Gros Rouge 3. Identity is no Figure 4. Frankly 5. Absolute 6. Who? 7. Why Speak of Identity? 8. Peoples 9. Nations 10. Empires 11. Identities, Intimacies
Synopsis
Identity: Fragments, Frankness is a rich and powerful essay on the notion of identity and on how it operates in our contemporary world. In contrast to the various attempts to cling to established identities or to associate identity with dubious agendas, Nancy shows that an identity is always open to alterity and its transformations. Against cynical initiatives that seek to instrumentalize the question of identity in an attempt to manipulate sentiment against immigration, Nancy problematizes anew the notions of identity, nation, and national identity. He seeks to show that there is never a given identity but always an open process of identification that retains an exposure to difference. Thus identity can never operate as a self-identical subject, such as "the French." Ultimately, for Nancy, one does not have an identity but has to become one. One can never return to a self-same identity but can only seek to locate oneself within difference and singularity. Nancy shows the impasse of a certain conception of identity that he calls the "identity of the identifiable," which refers to some permanent, given, substantial identity. In opposition to such identity, Nancy offers the identity of whatever or whoever invents itself in an open process of exposure to others and internal difference. Hence, an identity is never given but "makes itself by seeking and inventing itself." One does not have an identity, but is an identity. Identity is an act, not a state. This important book will provide much-needed philosophical clarification of a complex and strategic notion at the center of many current events and discussions., A powerful essay on identity and its fate in our contemporary world. Against various attempts to cling to established identities, Nancy shows that an identity is always open: to alterity and its transformations. Ultimately, one does not have an identity but has to become what one is, without ever returning to a same but solely to difference and singularity.
LC Classification Number
BD236
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