Christopher Fynsk is Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Binghamton University. He is the author of Language and Relation: . . . that there is language (Stanford, 1996) and the editor of Typography: Mimesis, Philosophy, Politics by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (Stanford, 1998).

"This very important meditation on the human relationships to language will assume a prominent place not only in the field of the philosophy of language but in the expanding field of trauma research. Moreover, it will serve to introduce into philosophical and psychoanalytical thought a new dimension, namely the 'thought of relation.'"—Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara "In blending theoretical acumen with literary sensibility, Christopher Fynsk's volume makes an important contribution to the timely and ethical project of thinking otherwise than Being our human relation to language."—Symploke

• List of illustrations Introduction Part I. What Remains at a Crucifixion: 1. A prefce on cruelty: Nietzsche's self-examination 2. What remains at a crucifixion Part II. Infant Figures: 3. Infant figures Appendix Part III. Anonymous Figures: 4. An art of the possible: a dialogue with Salvatore Puglia 5. Anonymous figures Notes Bibliography Index of names.

Christopher Fynsk is Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Binghamton University. He is the author of Language and Relation: . . . that there is language (Stanford, 1996) and the editor of Typography: Mimesis, Philosophy, Politics by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (Stanford, 1998).

"This very important meditation on the human relationships to language will assume a prominent place not only in the field of the philosophy of language but in the expanding field of trauma research. Moreover, it will serve to introduce into philosophical and psychoanalytical thought a new dimension, namely the 'thought of relation.'"—Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara "In blending theoretical acumen with literary sensibility, Christopher Fynsk's volume makes an important contribution to the timely and ethical project of thinking otherwise than Being our human relation to language."—Symploke

• List of illustrations Introduction Part I. What Remains at a Crucifixion: 1. A prefce on cruelty: Nietzsche's self-examination 2. What remains at a crucifixion Part II. Infant Figures: 3. Infant figures Appendix Part III. Anonymous Figures: 4. An art of the possible: a dialogue with Salvatore Puglia 5. Anonymous figures Notes Bibliography Index of names.

Christopher Fynsk is Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Binghamton University. He is the author of Language and Relation: . . . that there is language (Stanford, 1996) and the editor of Typography: Mimesis, Philosophy, Politics by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (Stanford, 1998).

"This very important meditation on the human relationships to language will assume a prominent place not only in the field of the philosophy of language but in the expanding field of trauma research. Moreover, it will serve to introduce into philosophical and psychoanalytical thought a new dimension, namely the 'thought of relation.'"—Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara "In blending theoretical acumen with literary sensibility, Christopher Fynsk's volume makes an important contribution to the timely and ethical project of thinking otherwise than Being our human relation to language."—Symploke

• List of illustrations Introduction Part I. What Remains at a Crucifixion: 1. A prefce on cruelty: Nietzsche's self-examination 2. What remains at a crucifixion Part II. Infant Figures: 3. Infant figures Appendix Part III. Anonymous Figures: 4. An art of the possible: a dialogue with Salvatore Puglia 5. Anonymous figures Notes Bibliography Index of names.