{"product_id":"the-city-in-the-distance-paperback","title":"The City in the Distance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCory Stockwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJean-Christophe Bailly\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy's book offers nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Written in a tone that is always poetic, at times even lyrical, \u003ci\u003eThe City in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e is thought-provoking and a pleasure to read. As a philosophical and writerly meditation, a research-creation of sorts, the book invests a place (here the city of Los Angeles) with words and language in order to make it produce its own space and time.\"--\u003cb\u003eVerena Andermatt Conley\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nancy's little book helps us dispel the notion that there is a primordial stability of home to be defended against the disruptions of migration. For Nancy, the life of the city exemplifies the mobility or 'passing by' that is characteristic of 'being with' as an ontological condition.\"--\u003cb\u003eRafael Sánchez\u003c\/b\u003e, Graduate Institute of Geneva \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe City in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean-Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar from an abstract account, Nancy attends in the most concrete way possible to the workings of a city not typically taken as paradigmatic, Los Angeles. As Jean-Christophe Bailly suggests in his foreword, Nancy joins Walter Benjamin in thinking the city not from an external vantage point, but on its own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century's foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including \u003ci\u003eBeing Singular Plural\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ground of the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Disavowed Community\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSexistence\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Intruder\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century's foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including \u003ci\u003eBeing Singular Plural\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ground of the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Disavowed Community\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSexistence\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Intruder\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Christophe Bailly (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean-Christophe Bailly\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Nature et du Paysage, in Blois, France. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Animal Side\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Instant and Its Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many other books and artists' catalogs in French. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCory Stockwell (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCory Stockwell\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. His translations include books by Mariette Navarro and Pascal Bruckner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45103428862031,"sku":"9781531508975","price":54.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/GNJKEDEOMn9781531508975.webp?v=1776374087","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/the-city-in-the-distance-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}