ABSTRACT
Jean-Luc Nancy is a philosopher. He is not simply a “thinker” or a “theorist”. Conduct is the accomplishment of being. Thinking, both for Nancy and with Nancy, is an attempt at ascertaining or sensing the very direction of sense, a direction that directs or is sensed as the very conduct of existence. Thinking therefore belongs essentially to the being of the human being, specifically as a thinking of being, insofar as being consists in the infinitely finite conduct of sense. An illuminating counterpoint to Goh’s contribution is offered by Peter Gratton, who suggests that, in Nancy’s thought, ontological fragility can equally be found in an indefatigable exposure to disruption. Nancy’s philosophy of love, she suggests, should be understood in the same vein as German Romanticism insofar as it fosters a thinking of the relationship between love, thinking, and literature – i.e., a thinking of relation itself. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
