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an important and timely contribution to opening a scholarly engagement with Jean-Luc Nancy's groundbreaking work on the deconstruction of Christianity...-David Pettigrew ...[The reader] will learn much about how a great thinker tries, without any technical jargon or presupposed set of common references, to approach subjects as significant and challenging as the nature of justice, love, and beauty.-Michael Naas In four lucid and accessible lectures, originally delivered before an audience of children, and followed by questions and answers, Jean-Luc Nancy explores the enduring philosophical questions of God, justice, love and beauty. In this remarkable encounter between generations, Nancy seeks to reengage thinking at the moment of its awakening, never sacrificing rigor for the clarity of exposition. A beautiful and moving text. -Francois Raffoul, Louisiana State University With patience and zest, Jean-Luc Nancy takes his young audiences through the weightiest of topics, pursuing what he calls the 'awakening' of thinking across a series of discussions distinguished as much by their exuberance as their precision. Fresh, tough-minded, and compelling, these talks celebrate the profound importance of such exacting reflection to the life we have to live every day, and put us engrossingly in touch with the unfolding thinking of this most vital of philosophers. -Martin Crowley, Queen's College Jean-Luc Nancy for kids? This series of lectures for children between six and twelve takes us back to basics like few philosophical texts. A distant relative of Descartes' Discourse on Method, this book does not 'talk down' to youngsters but tries to address fundamental questions in language presupposing very little. Nancy succeeds implausibly well and this lucid translation of his novel project can be revelatory for kids of all ages. -Ian Balfour, York University
