{"product_id":"the-work-of-mourning-paperback","title":"The Work of Mourning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Derrida\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePascale-Anne Brault\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Derrida is, in the words of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"perhaps the world's most famous philosopher-if not the only famous philosopher.\" He often provokes controversy as soon as his name is mentioned. But he also inspires the respect that comes from an illustrious career, and, among many who were his colleagues and peers, he inspired friendship. \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that honors those friendships in the wake of passing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gathered here are texts-letters of condolence, memorial essays, eulogies, funeral orations-written after the deaths of well-known figures: Roland Barthes, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Edmond Jabès, Louis Marin, Sarah Kofman, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-François Lyotard, Max Loreau, Jean-Marie Benoist, Joseph Riddel, and Michel Servière. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With his words, Derrida bears witness to the singularity of a friendship and to the absolute uniqueness of each relationship. In each case, he is acutely aware of the questions of tact, taste, and ethical responsibility involved in speaking of the dead-the risks of using the occasion for one's own purposes, political calculation, personal vendetta, and the expiation of guilt. More than a collection of memorial addresses, this volume sheds light not only on Derrida's relation to some of the most prominent French thinkers of the past quarter century but also on some of the most important themes of Derrida's entire oeuvre-mourning, the \"gift of death,\" time, memory, and friendship itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In his rapt attention to his subjects' work and their influence upon him, the book also offers a hesitant and tangential retelling of Derrida's own life in French philosophical history. There are illuminating and playful anecdotes-how Lyotard led Derrida to begin using a word-processor; how Paul de Man talked knowledgeably of jazz with Derrida's son. Anyone who still thinks that Derrida is a facetious punster will find such resentful prejudice unable to survive a reading of this beautiful work.\"-Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Strikingly \u003ci\u003esimpa\u003c\/i\u003e meditations on friendship, on shared vocations and avocations and on philosophy and history.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Derrida is, in the words of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"perhaps the world's most famous philosopher--if not the only famous philosopher.\" He often provokes controversy as soon as his name is mentioned. But he also inspires the respect that comes from an illustrious career, and, among many who were his colleagues and peers, he inspired friendship. \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that honors those friendships in the wake of passing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathered here are texts--letters of condolence, memorial essays, eulogies, funeral orations--written after the deaths of well-known figures: Roland Barthes, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Edmond Jabès, Louis Marin, Sarah Kofman, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-François Lyotard, Max Loreau, Jean-Marie Benoist, Joseph Riddel, and Michel Servière. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his words, Derrida bears witness to the singularity of a friendship and to the absolute uniqueness of each relationship. In each case, he is acutely aware of the questions of tact, taste, and ethical responsibility involved in speaking of the dead--the risks of using the occasion for one's own purposes, political calculation, personal vendetta, and the expiation of guilt. More than a collection of memorial addresses, this volume sheds light not only on Derrida's relation to some of the most prominent French thinkers of the past quarter century but also on some of the most important themes of Derrida's entire oeuvre-mourning, the \"gift of death,\" time, memory, and friendship itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In his rapt attention to his subjects' work and their influence upon him, the book also offers a hesitant and tangential retelling of Derrida's own life in French philosophical history. There are illuminating and playful anecdotes--how Lyotard led Derrida to begin using a word-processor; how Paul de Man talked knowledgeably of jazz with Derrida's son. Anyone who still thinks that Derrida is a facetious punster will find such resentful prejudice unable to survive a reading of this beautiful work.\"--Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Strikingly \u003ci\u003esimpa\u003c\/i\u003e meditations on friendship, on shared vocations and avocations and on philosophy and history.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Derrida\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Death\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArchive Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003ePascale-Anne Brault\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of French at DePaul University. \u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at DePaul University. Together they have translated several works by Derrida, including \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e, published by the University of Chicago Press, and \u003ci\u003eAdieu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702374363443,"sku":"9780226502496","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NGZVUnlWdUxHSkpGTjlxWXJHSnU3UT09.webp?v=1763305147","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-work-of-mourning-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}