{"product_id":"the-truth-of-democracy-paperback","title":"The Truth of Democracy - 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\u003ePascale-Anne Brault\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe initial provocation for The Truth of Democracy was the fortieth anniversary of May '68 and the recent criticism (some by French President Nicolas Sarkozy himself) leveled against the ideals and actors at the center of this important but still misunderstood moment in French history. Nancy here defends what he calls simply \"68\" without apology or equivocation, calling it an essential stage in the search for the \"truth of democracy.\" Less a period within time than a critical moment or interruption of time, 68 needs to be understood, Nancy argues, as an \"event\" that provided a glimpse into the very \"spirit of democracy,\" a spirit that is linked not to some common vision, idea, or desire (such as the nation, the republic, the people, or humanity) but to an incommensurability (the infinity of man or man's exceeding of himself ) at the origin of democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in a direct and accessible, almost manifesto-like style, The Truth of Democracy presents a forceful plea that we rethink democracy not as one political regime or form among others but as that which opens up the very experience of being in common. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy rearticulating many of the themes and terms he has developed elsewhere (from community and being in common to the singular plural) in relationship to an original analysis of what was and still is at stake in May '68, The Truth of Democracy is at once an eloquent summary of much of Nancy's work and a significant development of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is as if, forty years after being first scrawled across university walls and storefronts in France, one of the most famous slogans of May '68 has received in The Truth of Democracy its most eloquent and poignant theoretical elaboration: \"Be realistic, demand the impossible!\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy (\u003c\/b\u003e1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. 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 \"The Intruder\" was adapted into a film by Claire Denis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascale-Anne Brault (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pascale-Anne Brault is Professor of French at DePaul University. She is the co-translator of several works of Jacques Derrida's, most recently \u003ci\u003eFor Strasbourg: Conversations of Friendship and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Fordham). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Naas (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNaas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago. His research covers the fields of philosophy and comparative literature, with a particular focus on ancient Greek thought and contemporary French philosophy and with a strong interest in the thinkers Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard, and Levinas. He has edited and co-translated into English a number of Jacques Derrida's texts: \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), Learning to Live Finally (2007), Rogues (2005), and \u003ci\u003eAdieu: To Emmanuel Levinas \u003c\/i\u003e(1999). His most recent publications are \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World and Other Teachable Moments: Jacques\u003cbr\u003eDerrida's Final Seminar \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), \u003ci\u003eMiracle and Machine: Jacques Derrida and the Two Sources of Religion, Science, and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003ePlato and the Invention of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53086324752691,"sku":"9780823232451","price":54.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Fo8y5AFmn19780823232451.webp?v=1772054470","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-truth-of-democracy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}