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Two eminent [[French ]] [[philosophers ]] discuss [[German ]] philosophy—including the legacy of [[Kant]], [[Hegel]], [[Nietzsche]], [[Adorno]], [[Fichte]], [[Marx]], and Heidegger—from a French perspective.

In this book, [[Alain ]] [[Badiou ]] and [[Jean-Luc Nancy]], the two most important [[living ]] philosophers in [[France]], discuss German [[philosophy ]] from a French perspective. Written in the [[form ]] of a dialogue, and revised and expanded from a 2016 conversation between the two philosophers at the Universität der Künste Berlin, the book offers not only Badiou’s and Nancy’s reinterpretations of German philosophers and [[philosophical ]] [[concepts]], but also an accessible introduction to the greatest thinkers of German philosophy. Badiou and Nancy discuss and debate such topics as the legacies of Kant, Hegel, and Marx, as well as Nietzsche, Adorno, Fichte, [[Schelling]], and the unavoidable problem of [[Heidegger ]] and [[Nazism]]. The dialogue is contentious, friendly, and often quotable, with strong—at [[times ]] passionate—positions taken by both Badiou and Nancy, who find themselves disagreeing over Kant, for example, and in unexpected agreement on Marx, for [[another]].

What does it mean, then, to conduct a dialogue on German philosophy from a French perspective? As volume editor Jan Völker observes, “German philosophy” and “French philosophy” describe [[complex ]] constellations that, despite the reference to [[nation]]-states and [[languages]], above all encompass shared concepts and problems—although these take a range of forms. Perhaps they can reveal their essential import only in [[translation]].