The essential text on the political thought of Jean-Luc Nancy is now available in a long-awaited new translation. It has been expanded with two additional chapters. Nancy's diagnosis has lost none of its urgency: the myths of community have lost their binding power, the philosophies of community their persuasive force, and the politics of community their trust. All the more blindly, the desire for the return of a community of the people, a religious bond, or a united economic interest pushes for its realization, even if it is violent. In contrast, Nancy points to the ongoing resistance and persistence of a community that never fully realizes itself.