This is the first book to provide a systematic investigation of the relation between community and literature in the work of Jean-Luc Nancy. It develops the original claim that this relation has to be understood as a rethinking of myth. Traversing the entirety of Nancyâs vast oeuvre, the author offers an incomparable account of the ways in which Nancyâs central questions of community and literature are linked together. Moreover, by putting this linkage in terms of âmythâ, this book situates Nancyâs work within a larger tradition, leading from German Romanticism to contemporary theories of the social relevance of literature.
Aukje van Rooden is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. She is the author of numerous works on the role of literature in contemporary French philosophy in general and the work of Jean-Luc Nancy in particular.
This book appeals directly to everyone interested in Jean-Luc Nancyâs work, and to those interested in the issues of community and literature in continental philosophy and literary theory.