Returning (to) the gift of death: violence and history in Derrida and Levinas
The purpose of this paper is to establish a proper context for reading Jacques Derrida’s The Gift of Death, which, I contend, can only be understood fully against the backdrop of “Violence and Metaphysics.” The later work cannot be fully understood unless the reader appreciates the fact that Derrida...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2010
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
| Further subjects: | B
Abraham
B Singularity B Violence B Levinas B Derrida B Death B History B God |
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