Philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, who wrote extensively on art from Caravaggio to On Kawara, dies at 81

Jean-Luc Nancy, the French philosopher, has passed away. He was born in 1940 near Bordeaux and completed his studies at the Sorbonne in 1962, where he learned from Georges Canguilhem and Paul Ricoeur. His doctoral thesis on Kant was finalized in 1973. From 1968 to 2002, he served as a professor at the University of Strasbourg. Nancy's scholarly pursuits included art, as seen in his 1992 lecture on Caravaggio's 'The Death of the Virgin' at the Louvre. In 'Les Muses' (1994), he argued for Hegel's idea of art's end, while 'Le sens du monde' (1993) tackled existential themes. He revisited concepts of community in 'Being Singular Plural' (2000) and examined culture in 'L’absolu littéraire' (1987). Additionally, he worked with Phillip Warnell on films from 2009, influencing Clare Denis's 2004 film 'The Intruder'.