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From Bataille to Blanchot: The Negative Community and the Death of the Other
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In this monologue, we explore Maurice Blanchot's "The Unavowable Community," examining his profound exploration of what it means to exist in relation to others. We’ll discuss how Blanchot reimagines community as something defined not by shared goals or ideals but by the impossibility and absence that underpin human connections. Drawing from the concept of désœuvrement ("unworking"), we'll explore Blanchot’s dialogue with other thinkers like Georges Bataille and Jean-Luc Nancy, tracing how their ideas challenge the notion of community as a fixed or positive entity. Along the way, we’ll consider themes of mortality, solitude, and the encounter with the Other, and how these elements force us to rethink the boundaries of belonging and shared experience.
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