The staging of play
Jean-Luc Nancy on the poetic logic of philosophy
pp. 177-209
Résumé
In this essay, I discuss how Jean-Luc Nancy understands the nature or logic of philosophy in relation to literature by drawing on his early readings of Plato. Through an analysis of the notions of interpretation and dialogue, Nancy comes to understand this relationship in terms of shared difference, or partage. I argue that philosophy therefore operates according to a poetic logic that allows it to move between being and nonbeing. This movement, which Derrida calls play and Nancy understands as the act of being, is the object of philosophy. Its task is then the staging of play: showing how logos, meaning or being, displaces itself in establishing itself. Insofar as Nancy articulates this through readings of Plato, he is part of a larger trend within contemporary French thought that performs an overturning of Platonism by means of Plato. For Nancy, this first and foremost means welcoming back the poets after Socrates banished them.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Campana Francesco, Farina Mario (2018) Philosophy and literature. Metodo 6 (1).
Pages: 177-209
Citation complète:
Deketelaere Nikolaas, 2018, The staging of play: Jean-Luc Nancy on the poetic logic of philosophy. Metodo 6 (1), Philosophy and literature, 177-209. https://doi.org/10.19079/metodo.6.1.177.