{"product_id":"gift-of-death-literature-in-secret","title":"Gift of Death \u0026 Literature in Secret","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGift of Death \u0026amp; Literature in Secret\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJacques Derrida\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226142777\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e160\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book \u003ci\u003eGiven Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHeretical Essays in the Philosophy of History \u003c\/i\u003eand develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Lévinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derrida's major works, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Death\u003c\/i\u003e resonates with much of his earlier writing, and this highly anticipated second edition is greatly enhanced by David Wills's updated translation. This new edition also features the first-ever English translation of Derrida's \u003ci\u003eLiterature in Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eLetter to His Father\u003c\/i\u003e and uses the story of the flood in Genesis as an embarkation point for a consideration of divine sovereignty. \"An important contribution to the critical study of ethics that commends itself to philosophers, social scientists, scholars of religion . . . [and those] made curious by the controversy that so often attends Derrida.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, on the first edition\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Gift of Death \u0026 Literature in Secret | Jacques Derrida | Paperback | 9780226142777 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760103","offer_id":49199066349720,"sku":"1760103","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51p5LA8YwvL.jpg?v=1780694047","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/gift-of-death-literature-in-secret","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}