Luszczynska, A: Ethics of Community

Chapter 1: Nancy and Derrida: On Ethics and the Same (Infinitely Different) Constitutive Events of Being Chapter 2: The Opposite of the Concentration Camp: Nancy's Community Chapter 3: Morrison's Beloved, Nancian Community, Derridean Witnessing Chapter 4: Radical Irrecuperability: Experiencing Being in Language Bibliography Index

Ana M. Luszczynska is Assistant Professor of English at Florida International University, Miami, USA.

"The Ethics of Community is a bold comparative venture that introduces the continental European philosophy of Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy to African-American and U.S. Latino literature. It is a compelling and inspirational study, driven by a strong sense of critical purpose and informed by a refreshing propensity for methodological innovation. As Luszczynska explains, the main value of literature resides in its life-changing capacity as 'an ethical event of being which can potentially lead to liberatory experiences, approaches, and understandings'. Our engagement with both literature and philosophy must always crystallise as an ethical imperative and political necessity. The Ethics of Community reaches far beyond a mere critique of traditional paradigms of reading or the conceptualisation of a radically new critical approach. Luszczynska's remarkable scholarly vision initiates a synergetic dialogue between literature and philosophy that is ground-breaking and truly original." - Professor Berthold Schoene, Professor of English and Director of the Centre of Research in English, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK "Spirited and insightful, The Ethics of Community explores the importance of community in the writings of Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy and shows how major works of African American and Latino literature complement (and sometimes contest) these thinkers' views. A unique contribution to the dialogue between literature and philosophy." Gustavo Perez Firmat, David Feinson Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, USA