Author Archives: tmlavenz

From Sacrifice to Speech Jean-Luc Nancy and the sharing of finitude Let me begin with a few observations on Jesus’ saying from John 12:24, “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if … Continue reading →

Every exegesis should lead us to the truth of existence. –Yves Bonnefoy The seeds of many possible academic projects have, in the past, catalyzed my mind: a dissertation on Kierkegaard’s theory of indirect communication in relation to Agamben’s notion of … Continue reading →

Our worries about community– its delicacy, its delectablility…– run parallel. Bataille would assert that the “originary distinction” between self and other derives from the world of utility, the world of objects, which itself derives from a need for stability. Just … Continue reading →