The Creation of the World or Globalization (SUNY Series in

The Creation of the World or Globalization (SUNY Series in Contemporary French Thought)

Philosophical reflections on the phenomenon of globalization.

Appearing in English for the first time, Jean-Luc Nancyâ€™s 2002 book reflects on globalization and its impact on our being-in-the-world. Developing a contrast in the French language between two terms that are usually synonymous, or that are used interchangeably, namely globalisation (globalization) and mondialisation (world-forming), Nancy undertakes a rethinking of what â€œworld-formingâ€ might mean. At stake in this distinction is for him nothing less than two possible destinies of our humanity, and of our time. On the one hand, with globalization, there is the uniformity produced by a global economical and technological logic leading to the contrary of an inhabitable world, â€œthe un-worldâ€ (lâ€™im-monde)â€”as Nancy refers to itâ€”an un-world that entails social disintegration, misery, and injustice. And, on the other hand, there is the possibility of an authentic world-forming, that is, of a making of the world and of a making sense that Nancy calls a â€œcreationâ€ of the world. Nancy understands such world-forming in terms of an inexhaustible struggle for justice. This book is an important contribution by Nancy to a philosophical reflection on the phenomenon of globalization and a further development on his earlier works on our being-in-common, justice, and a-theological existence.

â€œâ€¦the writer has developed a unique interpretation of subjectivity and experience as a critical basis for rethinking community â€¦ It is impossible not to be impressed by a book in which nothing, from the poetics of the writing to the final proposition, is overemphasized or strained.â€ â€” Social & Legal Studies

â€œâ€¦recently translated into English â€¦ the book reframes a question from earlier days; what does it mean to exist with others in a world whose disparate global parts are increasingly being brought together and unified?â€ â€” The Kelvingrove Review

â€œGraced by a lucid introduction from his superb translators, Jean-Luc Nancyâ€™s The Creation of the World or Globalization plots the creative world-forming possibilities by which, in the name of a certain justice, the nihilism of globalization may be resisted. The future of the world hangs in the balance; Nancy makes a brilliant contribution to thinking new beginnings.â€ â€” David Wood, author of The Step Back: Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction
Country USA
Brand State University Press of New York (Suny)
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780791470268
ReleaseDate 2007-03-06

Country	USA
Brand	State University Press of New York (Suny)
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780791470268
ReleaseDate	2007-03-06

The Creation of the World or Globalization (SUNY Series in Contemporary French Thought)

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