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9780226143064 English 0226143066 InThe Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion to date, he continues to explore questions introduced inGiven Timeabout the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Patocka'sHeretical Essays on the History of Philosophyand develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Levinas, and Kierkegaard. A major work,The Gift of Deathresonates with much of Derrida's earlier writing and will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, philosophy, and literary criticism, along with scholars of ethics and religion. "The Gift of Deathis Derrida's long-awaited deconstruction of the foundations of the project of a philosophical ethics, and it will long be regarded as one of the most significant of his many writings."--Choice "An important contribution to the critical study of ethics that commends itself to philosophers, social scientists, scholars of relgion . . . [and those] made curious by the controversy that so often attends Derrida."--Booklist "Derrida stares death in the face in this dense but rewarding inquiry. . . . Provocative."--Publishers Weekly, While continuing to explore questions introduced in Given Time such as the possibility, or impossibility, of giving and the economic and anthropological nature of gifts, this work focuses on the notion of responsibility and the ultimate gifts of life and death.
9780226143064 English 0226143066 InThe Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion to date, he continues to explore questions introduced inGiven Timeabout the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Patocka'sHeretical Essays on the History of Philosophyand develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Levinas, and Kierkegaard. A major work,The Gift of Deathresonates with much of Derrida's earlier writing and will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, philosophy, and literary criticism, along with scholars of ethics and religion. "The Gift of Deathis Derrida's long-awaited deconstruction of the foundations of the project of a philosophical ethics, and it will long be regarded as one of the most significant of his many writings."--Choice "An important contribution to the critical study of ethics that commends itself to philosophers, social scientists, scholars of relgion . . . [and those] made curious by the controversy that so often attends Derrida."--Booklist "Derrida stares death in the face in this dense but rewarding inquiry. . . . Provocative."--Publishers Weekly, While continuing to explore questions introduced in Given Time such as the possibility, or impossibility, of giving and the economic and anthropological nature of gifts, this work focuses on the notion of responsibility and the ultimate gifts of life and death.