Nancy and Visual Culture (English, Carrie Giunta | Adrienne Janus)

Product description Review "Nancy and Visual Culture offers an insightful exploration of the relevance of Nancy's work for our understanding of visual and other cultures." - Marta Weychan, University of Aberdeen, Film-Philosophy Book Description The first critical appraisal of Jean-Luc Nancy's immense contribution to contemporary visual culture From the Back Cover Add endorsementAuthor approvedThe first critical appraisal of Jean-Luc Nancy’s immense contribution to contemporary visual cultureJean-Luc Nancy is one of the most original and compelling of those contemporary political and ethical philosophers who, like Jacques Rancière and Alain Badiou, have turned in recent works towards aesthetics and visual art. Nancy’s challenging and inspiring writings on painting, film, photography, video and contemporary visual art have informed the work of scholars of visual culture and aesthetic theory as well as artists, filmmakers and curators.In an exciting range of original responses to Nancy’s work, this collection reanimates the dialogue between interdisciplinary scholars and practicing artists that originally gave birth to visual culture as a field of study. A new translation of Nancy’s essay, The Image: Mimesis and Methexis, reveals how Nancy’s work informs, challenges and inspires our encounters with visual culture.Carrie Giunta is a Visiting Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. Adrienne Janus is lecturer in English, Comparative Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen. About the Author Carrie Giunta is Lecturer in Philosophy at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. She has published recently in Radical Philosophy, Film-Philosophy, the Directory of World Cinema and the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. Adrienne Janus is Lecturer in English and Literature in a World Context at the University of Aberdeen. She has recently published in Comparative Literature and The Senses and Society. Read more