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The Death Penalty, Volume II (The Seminars of Jacques Derrida)
Jacques Derrida
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Rottenberg, Elizabeth. Series: The Seminars of Jacques Derrida. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
In the first volume of his extraordinary analysis of the death penalty, Jacques Derrida began a journey toward an ambitious end: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. Exploring an impressive breadth of thought, he traced a deeply entrenched logic throughout the whole of Western philosophy that has justified the state's right to take a life. He also marked literature as a crucial place where this logic has been most effectively challenged. In this second and final volume, Derrida builds on these analyses toward a definitive argument against capital punishment. Of central importance in this second volume is ... Read more
In the first volume of his extraordinary analysis of the death penalty, Jacques Derrida began a journey toward an ambitious end: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. Exploring an impressive breadth of thought, he traced a deeply entrenched logic throughout the whole of Western philosophy that has justified the state's right to take a life. He also marked literature as a crucial place where this logic has been most effectively challenged. In this second and final volume, Derrida builds on these analyses toward a definitive argument against capital punishment. Of central importance in this second volume is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Seminars of Jacques Derrida
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226410821
SKU
V9780226410821
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About Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (1930 2004) was director of studies at the cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books published by the University of Chicago Press. Elizabeth Rottenberg teaches philosophy and comparative literature at DePaul University. She is the editor or translator ... Read more
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