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The Fragile Skin of the World
Jean-Luc Nancy
With a poem by Jean-Christophe Bailly
and an essay by Juan Manuel Garrido
Translated by Cory Stockwell
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Originally published in French as La Peau fragile du monde by Jean-Luc Nancy.
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Names: Nancy, Jean-Luc, author. | Stockwell, Cory, translator.
Title: The fragile skin of the world / Jean-Luc Nancy ; with a poem by Jean-Christophe Bailly and an essay by Juan Manuel Garrido ; translated by Cory Stockwell.
Other titles: La peau fragile du monde. English.
Description: English edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021] | Originally published in French as La peau fragile du monde, c2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “A leading philosopher reflects on how our experience of the world in changing in these crisis-ridden times”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021012489 (print) | LCCN 2021012490 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509549153 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509549160 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509549177 (epub) | ISBN 9781509550333 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Fragility (Psychology)
Classification: LCC BF575.F62 N36 2021 (print) | LCC BF575.F62 (ebook) | DDC 177--dc23
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