Continental Perspectives on Community: Human Coexistence from Unity to Plurality

The book Continental Perspectives on Community explores the issues of community and sociality in Continental philosophy, reflecting on the thought of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Levinas, Arendt, Derrida, Badiou, Fanon, Baldwin, Nancy, Agamben, and Laruelle. It discusses the possibility of how the concept of community can extend beyond the one and beyond any sense of unity and totality.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 148 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The exploration of the core themes at the heart of numerous historical and contemporary examinations of community and sociality in Continental philosophy is the focus of this volume. The essays in this collection engage with the ideas of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Levinas, Arendt, Derrida, Badiou, Fanon, Baldwin, Nancy, Agamben, and Laruelle, among others.

Continental Perspectives on Community brings these diverse thinkers together, fostering a dialogue that explores the potential for the concept of community to transcend singularity and any notion of unity or totality. Furthermore, the book demonstrates how the notion of community in plurality is central to ethical and political considerations of alterity and race, political philosophical reflections on the exception, and ontological reflections on the nature of human sociality. By doing so, it makes a significant contribution to the ongoing examination of how communities can be conceived in the contemporary context.

This book will appeal to scholars and advanced students engaged in the study of social, political, and cultural issues within the realm of Continental philosophy. Its insights and analyses will provide valuable resources for those seeking to deepen their understanding of these complex and important topics.

Weight: 270g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032337913