Acts of Religion: Jacques Derrida

ISBN-13: 9780415924009 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 448 str.

Jacques Derrida; J. Derrida;Derrida Jacques

Opis

Acts of Religion, complied in close association with Jacques Derrida, brings together a number of Derrida's writings on religion and questions of faith and their relation to philosophy and political culture. The esssays discuss religious texts from Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, as well as religious thinkers such as Kant, Levinas and Gershom Schloem, and comprise pieces spanning Derrida's career. The collection includes two essays by Derrida that appear here for the first time in any language, as well as a substantial introduction by Gil Anidjar that explores Derrida's return to his own religious origins and his attempts to bring to light hidden religious dimensions of the social, cultural, historical and political.

Spis treści

Introduction: “Once More, Once More”: Derrida, the Arab, the Jew, Gil Anidjar; Part 1 A Note on “Faith and Knowledge”; Chapter 1 Faith and Knowledge; Part 2 A Note on “Des Tours de Babel”; Chapter 2 Des Tours De Babel; Part 3 A Note on “Interpretations at War”; Chapter 3 Interpretations at War; Part 4 A Note on “The Eyes of Language”; Chapter 4 The Eyes of Language; Part 5 A Note on “Force of Law”; Chapter 5 Force of Law; Part 6 A Note on “Taking a Stand for Algeria”; Chapter 6 Taking a Stand Foralgeria; Part 7 A Note on “A Silkworm of One’s Own”; Chapter 7 A Silkworm Of One’s Own; Part 8 A Note on “Hostipitality”; Chapter 8 Hostipitality;

O autorze

Jacques Derrida teaches at the École des Hautes Études in Paris, at the University of California, Irvine, New York University, and the New School for Social Research. He is the author of more than 30 books including Acts of Literature and Specters of Marx, both published by Routledge. Gil Anidjar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.