Jean-Luc Nancy stands as one of the great French theorists of"deconstruction." His writings on philosophy, politics, aesthetics,and religion have significantly contributed to the development ofcontemporary French thought and helped shape and transform thefield of continental philosophy. Through Nancy's immense oeuvre,which covers a wide range of topics such as community, freedom,existence, sense/ touch, democracy, Christianity, the visual artsand music, and writing itself, we have learned to take stock of theworld in a more nuanced fashion.In this collection, contemporaries of Nancy and eminent scholars ofcontinental philosophy, including Giorgio Agamben, ÉtienneBalibar, Ginette Michaud, Georges Van Den Abbeele, Gregg Lambertand Ian James, have been invited to reflect on the force of Nancy's"deconstruction" and how it has affected, or will affect, the wayswe approach many of the most pertinent topics in contemporaryphilosophy. The collection also includes Jean-Luc Nancy'spreviously unpublished 'Dialogue Beneath the Ribs', where hereflects, twenty years after, on his heart transplant.Nancy Now will be of critical interest not only to scholarsworking on or with Nancy's philosophy, but also to those interestedin the development and future of French thought.
