This book proposes an exploration of the many meanings attached to the notion of futurity (what is to come) in the work of Jacques Derrida, Catherine Malabou and Jean-Lucy Nancy. In order to make sense of these many meanings, this book focuses on the act of translation. It concentrates not on the future of translation, but on its deployment in time. Overall, it provides an original introduction to the work of two contemporary French thinkers (Malabou and Nancy), an unusual insight into the later work of Derrida, and makes a creative contribution to the way deconstruction deals with translation and how the issue of the future can be addressed without making any projections or predictions.

'This brief, incisive book is...made up of small, often witty, acts of translation.' - Satish Padiyar, Parallax

Foreword
Introduction
PART 1: Voir Venir: Catherine Malabou's The Future of Hegel
PART 2: Survenue: Jean-Luc Nancy's The "There is" of Sexual Relations
PART 3: Venue: Jacques Derrida's Aporias
Conclusion

JEAN-PAUL MARTINON is a lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, London, UK. He was the co-founder and curator of Rear Window (1991-1998) an independent arts trust that staged a series of exhibitions and conferences in temporary sites across London. He has published numerous essays in exhibition catalogues and academic journals on museum theory and contemporary French deconstruction.