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Jean-Luc Nancy’s notion of singularity

Base Filosófica

Revista
Griot : Revista de Filosofia
Edição
19 / 1
Ano
2019
DOI
10.31977/grirfi.v19i1.1153
Páginas
76-95
Idioma
pt
2019Base Filosófica. Jean-Luc Nancy’s notion of singularity. Griot : Revista de Filosofia, v. 19, n. 1, p. 76-95, 2019.2

My article aims to explore Nancy's notion of sense as a key ontological concept because I believe this concept  as it appears mainly in his "Sense of the World", opens the possibility of a more profound understanding of his thesis. This will not be an attempt to draw a map or a line in Nancy's theory placing sense either as the starting point or as his central concept. Instead, it is an attempt to show that sense plays a significant role in Nancy's understanding of singularity and finitude and therefore provide an insight into Nancy’s overall theory of being. My argument analyses sense's centrality to Nancy´s discussion on touch and the vital role touch has in the articulation between his comprehension of mitsein/etre-avec and his elaboration of being as singular plural.