Sade My Neighbor (Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology and Existen)
This is the first English translation of the seminal Sade Mon Prochain (originally published in 1947), a work that has influenced French thinkers from de Beauvoir and Bataille to Derrida and Lacan. Klossowski sees in Sade's work a system that uses the moral and rational language of the Enlightenment not only to annihilate the moral categories of Christianity but to undermine the assumptions of Enlightenment materialism as well. The result anticipates Nietzsche, positing a nihilism that recognizes pure motion as the only metaphysical reality. Lingis renders a valuable service in providing a clear and readable translation of this historically important and enduring work.- T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.