This article reconsiders the power of myth in light of the rise of new fascist leaders who cast a shadow on the contemporary political scene. Nidesh Lawtoo looks back to Lacoue-Labarthe’s and Nancy’s, “The Nazi Myth,” to account for the affective power of myth that is currently being reloaded both in Europe and the US–an argument internal to a forthcoming book on (New) Fascism (2019). Article available here.
In this special issue of Modern Language Notes (ed. N. Lawtoo), contemporary figures like Jean-Luc Nancy, Paola Marrati, Jane Bennett and Alain Badiou, among others, rethink the relation between “poetics and politics” by drawing on Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe’s mimetic account of the current becoming fictional of the political. You can read the introduction here.
The HOM project, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts (English Literature; MDRN), is happy to announce a Lecture by Jean Luc Nancy titled, “Bonheur du jour” on Thursday, December 6, at 6 pm ( New Location: SI 00.28, Mgr. Sencie Instituut. Erasmusplein, 2, 3000 Leuven; the address on the poster below is no longer valid!!). For more details & registration see: https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/english-literature/events/lecture-bonheur-du-jour-by-jean-luc-nancy
The HOM Project is happy to announce a workshop with Jean-Luc Nancy on December 7, 2018. The goal of the workshop is to revisit an untimely essay, titled Le mythe nazi (1981; written with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe), in light of the recent return of neo-fascist leaders–both in Europe and in the US–who are currently turning the political into a fiction. Registration: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/hua/events/agenda/homworkshop-nancy
