Synopsis
A meditation on the changing role of philosophy in a postmodernist context, the two essays gathered here—"The Forgetting of Philosophy" and "The Weight of a Thought"—represent some of the themes that have recently occupied Nancy's thought.
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About the Author
Jean-Luc Nancy was professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg, France. He continues to teach and lecture at the European Graduate School. A Student of Derrida, Nancy has written widely on the major figures of Western philosophy. Some of his analyses, particularly of Hegel's concept of Aufhebung and Kant's categorical imperative, have been influential. His work focuses on theories of meaning and its textual construction, and explores the boundaries of literature and philosophy. He has published more than thirty books.
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