The Inoperative Community
by Nancy, Jean-Luc (1991)
Key Passage
But ecstasy comes at a price: at the risk of being nothing more than an erotic or fascist work of death, ecstasy passes through the inscription of finitude and its communication. Which is to say that it also presupposes, necessarily, works (literary, political, etc.). But what is inscribed, and what passes to the limit in inscribing itself, exposes and communicates itself (instead of trying to accomplish a meaning, like speech): what is shared is the unworking of works. (p.39)
Keywords
Philosophy, Community, Mythology, Communism, Literature, Love, Divinity, Individuality, CommunicationLinks to Reference
Translator
Connor P, Garbus L, Holland M, Sawhney SCitation
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