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Item Details
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THE GIFT OF DEATH
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AND Literature in Secret |
| By: |
Jacques Derrida, David Wills (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226142779 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226142777 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2008 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Religion and Postmodernism |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Explores questions first introduced in the author's book "Given Time" about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. This work also uses the story of the flood in "Genesis" as an embarkation point for a consideration of divine sovereignty. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Gift of Death", Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book "Given Time" about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Czech philosopher Jan Patocka's "Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History" and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Levinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derrida's major works, "The Gift of Death" resonates with much of his earlier writing, and this highly anticipated second edition is greatly enhanced by David Wills' updated translation.This new edition also features the first-ever English translation of Derrida's "Literature in Secret". In it, Derrida continues his discussion of the sacrifice of Isaac, which leads to bracing meditations on secrecy, forgiveness, literature, and democracy. He also offers a reading of Kafka's "Letter to His Father" and uses the story of the flood in "Genesis" as an embarkation point for a consideration of divine sovereignty. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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