By Bernard E. Harcourt Nietzsche was, in Étienne Balibar’s words, Maurice Blanchot’s “double.” Blanchot (1907-2003) engaged Nietzsche early—shortly after World War II—and throughout the rest of his writings.[1] In La Part du feu published by Gallimard in 1949, Blanchot motivates… Continue Reading
By Annelies Schulte Nordholt The title of our session is ‘Blanchot’s Nietzschean inspiration.” And certainly Blanchot was reading Nietzsche as early as the 1930ies – he was one of the rare French thinkers who were fluent in German. Still, our… Continue Reading
After reading Annelies Shuldte-Nordholt’s text, I completely agree with the idea that Blanchot’s relationship to Nietzsche is never to be taken in isolation, but always in “constellations” where Nietzsche appears at the same time as a “companion” to other author (or a latent source… Continue Reading
By Annelies Schulte Nordholt Most of Blanchot’s work was written in a critical dialogue with a number of modern and contemporary writers and thinkers but, rather than a critic, he is an autonomous author with a questioning and method entirely his… Continue Reading
Why —we wondered— did it become necessary for so many thinkers around the globe —a number far higher than 13— to think with Nietzsche? How did they think with Nietzsche? We are not interested in understanding a certain flow… Continue Reading