Abstract

This essay recognizes the insistent force of Jean-Luc Nancy: not only his life force or his physical and mental fortitude in living through a heart transplant and other illnesses, but also his force of thought or his influence on generations of thinkers. The optimistic and resilient spirit of this force oftentimes finds itself reaffirmed in Nancy’s writings especially on freedom, community, the world, sense, love, and existence, as Nancy insistently asserts their always possible new re-beginnings despite their apparent closures at certain times. Yet, as this essay underscores, the other aspect of force must be acknowledged too: force that is waning, weakening, sliding into entropy, if not atrophy. This is force that is more pessimistic, not unlike a negative affect, which can be found in Nancy’s “L’Intrus” and “Dialogue Under the Ribs.” This essay argues that it is important to elucidate this other force because it allows us to take into account the fragile or precarious dimension of existence, or the undeniable pain and fatigue of existence, all of which insist no less in existence.

摘要

这篇文章肯定了让-吕克·南希坚持不懈的力量：不仅是他的生命力或他在心脏移植和其他疾病中生存的身心坚韧，还有他的思想力量或他对几代思想家的影响。这股力量的乐观和坚韧精神经常在南希的著作中得到重申，尤其是关于自由、社区、世界、感觉、爱和存在的著作，因为南希坚持认为他们总是可能重新开始，尽管他们在某些时候明显关闭。然而，正如本文所强调的，力的另一个方面也必须得到承认：力正在减弱、减弱、滑向熵，如果不是萎缩的话。这是一种更加悲观的力量，与负面影响不同，可以在 Nancy 的“L'Intrus”和“Dialogue Under the Ribs”中找到。