Tag: Religion

Books

How to Avoid Speaking: Denials

– “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials,” in Derrida and Negative Theology. eds. Harold Coward and Toby Foshay (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989): pp. 73-136.
Excerpt: “Under the very loose heading of ‘negative theology,’ as you know, one often designates a certain form of language, with its mise en scène, its rhetorical, grammatical, and… More

On the Name

On the Name, trans. David Wood (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
“The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gives a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one… More

Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion, ed. Gil Anidjar (London: Routledge, 2002).
This collection of Derrida’s essays is entitled Acts of Religion, not “thoughts,” “essays,” or “writings” on religion. It is an appropriate title. These works, selected from… More

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret, trans. David Wills (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible… More

Essays

How to Avoid Speaking: Denials

– “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials,” in Derrida and Negative Theology. eds. Harold Coward and Toby Foshay (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989): pp. 73-136.
Excerpt: “Under the very loose heading of ‘negative theology,’ as you know, one often designates a certain form of language, with its mise en scène, its rhetorical, grammatical, and… More

On the Name

On the Name, trans. David Wood (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
“The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gives a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one… More

Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion, ed. Gil Anidjar (London: Routledge, 2002).
This collection of Derrida’s essays is entitled Acts of Religion, not “thoughts,” “essays,” or “writings” on religion. It is an appropriate title. These works, selected from… More

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret, trans. David Wills (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible… More

Commentary

How to Avoid Speaking: Denials

– “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials,” in Derrida and Negative Theology. eds. Harold Coward and Toby Foshay (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989): pp. 73-136.
Excerpt: “Under the very loose heading of ‘negative theology,’ as you know, one often designates a certain form of language, with its mise en scène, its rhetorical, grammatical, and… More

On the Name

On the Name, trans. David Wood (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
“The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gives a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one… More

Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion, ed. Gil Anidjar (London: Routledge, 2002).
This collection of Derrida’s essays is entitled Acts of Religion, not “thoughts,” “essays,” or “writings” on religion. It is an appropriate title. These works, selected from… More

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret, trans. David Wills (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible… More

Multimedia

How to Avoid Speaking: Denials

– “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials,” in Derrida and Negative Theology. eds. Harold Coward and Toby Foshay (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989): pp. 73-136.
Excerpt: “Under the very loose heading of ‘negative theology,’ as you know, one often designates a certain form of language, with its mise en scène, its rhetorical, grammatical, and… More

On the Name

On the Name, trans. David Wood (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
“The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gives a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one… More

Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion, ed. Gil Anidjar (London: Routledge, 2002).
This collection of Derrida’s essays is entitled Acts of Religion, not “thoughts,” “essays,” or “writings” on religion. It is an appropriate title. These works, selected from… More

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret, trans. David Wills (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible… More

Teaching

How to Avoid Speaking: Denials

– “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials,” in Derrida and Negative Theology. eds. Harold Coward and Toby Foshay (Albany: SUNY Press, 1989): pp. 73-136.
Excerpt: “Under the very loose heading of ‘negative theology,’ as you know, one often designates a certain form of language, with its mise en scène, its rhetorical, grammatical, and… More

On the Name

On the Name, trans. David Wood (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
“The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gives a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one… More

Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion, ed. Gil Anidjar (London: Routledge, 2002).
This collection of Derrida’s essays is entitled Acts of Religion, not “thoughts,” “essays,” or “writings” on religion. It is an appropriate title. These works, selected from… More

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret, trans. David Wills (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible… More