El peso de un pensamiento

Synopsis of El peso de un pensamiento

«El peso de un pensamiento» is the book of philosophical essays by Jean-Luc Nancy, published by Ellago Ediciones in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).

The book brings together nine essays in which Jean-Luc Nancy reflects on the notion of meaning, art after its alleged end, the relationship between voice, speech and subject (with Saussure, Valéry, Barthes, Rousseau, Kristeva and Derrida), the figure of Aphrodite, style in philosophy and the question of being.

First edition (2007), number 20 of the «Letras» collection. Translated from French, with original title «Le poids d'une pensée», by Javier Bassas Vila and Joana Masó Illamola.

For readers interested in contemporary philosophy, phenomenology and reflection on art, language and being.