{"product_id":"9781531508968-city-in-the-distance","title":"The City in the Distance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNancy’s book offers nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST, 38th ANNUAL FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eExploring the ever-changing philosophy of city life with Jean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe City in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean-Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses.\u003cbr\u003e Far from an abstract account, Nancy attends in the most concrete way possible to the workings of a city not typically taken as paradigmatic, Los Angeles. As Jean-Christophe Bailly suggests in his foreword, Nancy joins Walter Benjamin in thinking the city not from an external vantage point, but on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53567369118070,"sku":"9781531508968","price":84.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34750121.jpg?v=1749692551","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781531508968-city-in-the-distance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}