{"product_id":"god-justice-love-beauty-four-little-dialogues-9780823234257","title":"God, Justice, Love, Beauty: Four Little Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe four talks collected here transcribe lectures delivered to an audience of children between the ages of ten and fourteen, under the auspices of the \"little dialogues\" series at the Montreuil's center for the dramatic arts. Modeled on Walter Benjamin's \"Aufkl?rung f?r Kinder\" radio talks, this series aims to awaken its young audience to pressing philosophical concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach talk in \u003cem\u003eGod, Justice, Love, Beauty \u003c\/em\u003eexplores what is at stake in these topics as essential moments in human experience. (Indeed, the book argues that they are constitutive of human experience.) Following each, Nancy's audience is given a chance to engage with him in a process of philosophical questioning; the texts of these touching and probing exchanges are included in the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the fact that these lectures were delivered to an audience of children, the intellectual level they achieve--while remaining easily comprehensible--is astounding. No attempt is made to simplify Nancy's positions or to resolve the complexities that arise in the course of the talks or the question periods that follow. The work of opening performed here is fully in keeping with the strategy of Nancy's philosophy as a whole. Thus, for readers unfamiliar with his work, \u003cem\u003eGod, Justice, Love, Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e will function as an excellent introduction to Nancy's larger corpus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs varied as the individual talks are, they share the motif of incalculability or the immeasurable. Broadly speaking, one could say that the various ways in which Nancy approaches this motif exemplify his deconstructive approach to think of human existence. As well, those treatments exemplify his conviction that the task of thinking is to develop original ways of communicating the incalculable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod, Justice, Love, Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is thus a skillful reminder that philosophy is important to all of us. The book is also a model of intellectual generosity and openness. Seamlessly moving from Schwarzenegger to Plato, from Kant, Roland Barthes, and Caravaggio to Caillou, Harry Potter, and the pages of Gala magazine, Nancy's wide-ranging references bear witness to his commitment to think of \"culture\" in its broadest sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2016) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Absolute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Being Singular Plural, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ground of the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eListening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Disavowed Community, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Sexistence.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Clift (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Clift\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Studies at the University of King's College, Halifax. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328970068242,"sku":"9780823234257","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1864948a-21af-42a6-b8e1-5a9b859c5d43.jpg?v=1727756033","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/god-justice-love-beauty-four-little-dialogues-9780823234257","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}