Inoperative Community (Theory and History of Literature) (Theory & History of Literature S., #76)

by Jean-Luc Nancy

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This work examines community as an idea that has dominated modern thought and traces its relation to concepts of experience, discourse and the individual. Contrary to popular Western notions of community, the author shows that it is neither a project of fusion nor production. Rather, he argues, community can be defined through the political nature of its resistance against immanent power.
  • ISBN10 0816619247
  • ISBN13 9780816619245
  • Publish Date 1 June 1991 (first published 1 December 1990)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Minnesota Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English