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The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret

By Deceased Jacques (Ecole Pratique des Hautes-Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris) Derrida

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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, L vinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derrida's major work...Show more

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9780226502977

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The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2017

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The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret

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