{"product_id":"the-gift-of-death-second-jacques-derrida-9780226502977","title":"The Gift of Death, Second Edition \u0026 Literature in Secret","description":"\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, L騅inas, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Derrida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022650297X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226502977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Jacques Derrida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992896635135,"sku":"9780226502977","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7300d05a-9b99-4a8a-ae81-23bdf8e9530a.jpg?v=1683321409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gift-of-death-second-jacques-derrida-9780226502977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}