{"product_id":"h-c-for-life-that-is-to-say-paperback","title":"H. C. for Life, That Is to Say... - 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\u003eLaurent Milesi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eStefan Herbrechter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. C. for Life, That Is to Say . . .\u003c\/i\u003e is Derrida's literary critical recollection of his lifelong friendship with Hélène Cixous. The main figure that informs Derrida's reading here is that of \"taking sides.\" While Hélène Cixous in her life and work takes the side of life, \"for life,\" Derrida admits always feeling drawn to the side of death. Rather than being an obvious choice, taking the side of life is an act of faith, by wagering one's life on life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. C. for Life\u003c\/i\u003e sets up and explores this interminable \"argument\" between Derrida and Cixous as to what death has in store deep within life itself, before the end. In addition to being a memoir, it is also a theoretical confrontation-for example about the meaning of \"might\" and \"omnipotence,\" and a philosophical and philological analysis of the crypts within the vast oeuvre of Hélène Cixous. Finally, the book is Derrida's tribute to the thought of the woman whom he regards as one of the great French poets, writers, and thinkers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. C. for Life, That Is to Say . . . is Derrida's literary critical recollection of his lifelong friendship with Helene Cixous. The main figure that informs Derrida's reading here is that of \"taking sides.\" While Helene Cixous in her life and work takes the side of life, \"for life,\" Derrida admits always feeling drawn to the side of death. Rather than being an obvious choice, taking the side of life is an act of faith, by wagering one's life on life. \u003cbr\u003eH. C. for Life sets up and explores this interminable \"argument\" between Derrida and Cixous as to what death has in store deep within life itself, before the end. In addition to being a memoir, it is also a theoretical confrontation--for example about the meaning of \"might\" and \"omnipotence,\" and a philosophical and philological analysis of the crypts within the vast oeuvre of Helene Cixous. Finally, the book is Derrida's tribute to the thought of the woman whom he regards as one of the great French poets, writers, and thinkers of our time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eH.C. for Life, That Is to Say... represents a vigorous volley within the series produced by the mutual provocation society of Helene Cixous and Jacques Derrida. The particular provocation here--even more moving now that Derrida has gone--is his insistence that they fall on one side or the other of the question of life and death. She is for life, whereas for him one always dies in the end. Veritably incited, however, by Cixous' work, Derrida cannot avoid writing for her, on her side; and he cannot avoid provoking, in the sense of writing on behalf of, or on the side of her voice, reading and citing at length, playing off the polyphonic effects of a poetics that he considers to be among 'the most powerful and the most engaged in thinking in the history of literature.'--Gary Wills, University at Albany-SUNY\u003cbr\u003e\"Because Helene Cixous (the H.C. of the title) has a genius for making language speak and because no one knew better than Derrida how to mine the secret's of Cixous's profoundly complex and beguiling prose, this volume stands out as exceptional.\"--CHOICE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Derrida (1930-2004) was Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Professor of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Among the most recent of his many books to have been translated into English are \u003ci\u003ePaper Machine\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eOn Touching--Jean-Luc Nancy\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eRogues\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eEyes of the University\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eFor What Tomorrow...\u003c\/i\u003e with Elisabeth Roudinesco (2004), \u003ci\u003eCounterpath\u003c\/i\u003e with Catherine Malabou (2004), \u003ci\u003eNegotiations\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Philosophy?\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eWithout Alibi\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). All of these have been published by Stanford University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.36 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715260444979,"sku":"9780804754026","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dXlvN1o2Z1ZRazl2YUx1aUhtbGFpZz09.webp?v=1763596844","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/h-c-for-life-that-is-to-say-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}