The essay below has been prepared for a Dictionary, still in progress, about the philosophical terminology of Jean-Luc Nancy. The originating editor of the Dictionary, B. C. Hutchens, summarizes Nancy’s importance:  “Nancy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg, co-founder of the former ‘Centre for Philosophic Research on the Political’ and author of […]

Original Version, Tikkun, January 1, 2009. During two years of supporting Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, I often clicked through his online Blueprint for Change, seeking his views on the proliferation of U.S. prisons. I found them, usually in comments about assisting prisoners re-entering society and altering sentencing and drug laws. Such comments were lodged […]