Reticulations Jean-Luc Nancy and the Networks of the Political

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Reticulations: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Networks of the Political presents Philip Armstrong’s argument about how “the political” is deposited and reconfigured through questions of “we,” technological proliferation, and the spectacular-market form of social life. Drawing on Jean-Luc Nancy’s themes, the book analyzes citizenship, teletechnologies, and the disposition of being, while also engaging political thought such as being communist, with chapters culminating in Seattle’s space of exposure.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages337

Reading Time14 h 9 min

Introduction

The Deposition of the Political

From Paradox to Partage: On Citizenship and Teletechnologies

The Disposition of Being

Being Communist

Seattle and the Space of Exposure

Notes

Index

Reticulations Reticulations Jean-Luc Nancy and the Networks ofthe Political Philip Armstrong Electronic Mediations, Volume 27 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from the College of Humanities at The Ohio State University. Frontispiece: Simon Hantaï, Collage, 1953, mixed media on paper, remounted on canvas, 94.5 x 59.5 cm. (37 1/4 x 23 1/3 inches) . Courtesy of Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris. Photograph by Jacqueline Hyde. Portions of chapter 2 were first published as “From Paradox to Partage: On Citizenship and Teletechnologies,” TEXT Technology 5, no. 2 (2008), in the issue “The Digital Humanities and Technologies of Citizenship,” edited by Patrick Finn and Alan Galey. An earlier version of chapter 4 first appeared as “Res/Réseau/Reticulation” in the online journal the anomalist 1 (2005), edited by Brad Evans and Keir Milburn. Photographs from the series Waitingfor Tear Gas courtesy of Allan Sekula.Copyright Allan Sekula. Copyright 2009 by the Regents ofthe University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 [http://www.upress.umn.edu](http://www.upress.umn.edu) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Armstrong, Philip, 1962- Reticulations : Jean-Luc Nancy and the networks ofthe political / Philip Armstrong. [p. cm](p. cm).—(Electronic mediations ; v. 27) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-5489-5 (hc : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8166-5490-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Nancy, Jean-Luc—Political and social views. 2. Political science—France—Philosophy. I. Title. JA84 .F8A835 2009 320.092—dc22 2008050301 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Undoubtedly, we are still stuttering: philosophy always comes too late, and, as a result, always too soon. But the stuttering itself betrays the form of the problem: we,“we,” how are we to say “we”? Or rather, who is it that says “we,” and what are we told about ourselves in the technological proliferation of the social spectacle and the social as spectacular, as well as in the proliferation of self-mediatized globalization [ mondialité] and globalized mediatization? We are incapable of appropriating this proliferation because we do not know how to think this“spectacular” nature, which at best gets reduced to a discourse about the uncertain signs of the “screen” and of “culture.” The same applies to “technological” nature, which we regard as an autonomous instrument. We do so without ever asking ourselves if it might not be “our” comprehension of “our-selves” that comes up with these techniques and invents itself in them, and without wondering if technology is in fact essentially in complete agreement with the “with.” We are not up to the level of the “we”: we constantly refer ourselves back to a “sociology” that is itself only the learned form of the “spectacular-market.” We have not even begun to think “ourselves” as “we.” —JEAN-LUC NANCY This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1. The Deposition of the Political 1 2. From Paradox to Partage: On Citizenship and Teletechnologies 67 3. The Disposition of Being 117 4. Being Communist 161 5. Seattle and the Space of Exposure 185 Notes 245 Index 299 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments This book has benefited from a more or less sustained dialogue with two extraordinary

FAQs

What is the central concern of Reticulations according to Armstrong’s framing?

The book centers on how “we” is articulated and understood amid technological proliferation and the social spectacle, and how the political is transformed through these conditions.

How does the book connect citizenship with technology?

A dedicated chapter links citizenship to teletechnologies, addressing how paradoxes and “partage” emerge when political belonging is mediated by communication and media networks.

What topics are covered across the major chapters?

Key sections include the deposition of the political, the disposition of being, being communist, and an account of Seattle’s space of exposure, followed by notes and an index.

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