Acts of ReligionActs of Religion, compiled in close association with Jacques Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida's writings on religion and questions of faith and their relation to philosophy and political culture. The essays discuss religious texts from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, as well as religious thinkers such as Kant, Levinas, and Gershom Scholem, and comprise pieces spanning Derrida's career. The collection includes two new 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. |
Contents
Derrida the Arab the Jew | 1 |
1 A Note on Faith and Knowledge | 40 |
2 A Note on Des Tours de Babel | 102 |
3 A Note on Interpretations at War | 135 |
4 A Note on The Eyes of Language | 189 |
5 A Note on Force of Law | 228 |
6 A Note on Taking a Stand for Algeria | 299 |
7 A Note on A Silkworm of Ones Own | 309 |
8 A Note on Hostipitality | 356 |
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PERMISSIONS | 427 |
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Abrahamic Abrahamic religions abyss Algeria already appears Arab Arab Jew Avital Ronell believe Benjamin called Christian Cohen concept critique culture death deconstruction defines definition difficult discourse divine droit Emmanuel Levinas essence example faith figure finally find first force forgiveness Franz Rosenzweig French Freud Gershom Scholem Gewalt give Heidegger heilig holy hospitality hote impossible infinite inscribed institution interpretation Islam Jacques Derrida Jewish Judaism justice Kant Kantian law loi least Levinas living logic longer Louis Massignon Massignon means messianic Muslim Nazism never one’s oneself original originary Paris perhaps philosophy political possible prayer precisely proper name psyche pure question recall reflection relation religion religious remains responsibility Rosenzweig sacred language sacrifice Savoir Scholem scientific secularization sense significant singular speak substitution tallith thing thought tion tongue trans translation Translator’s note truth unscathed veil violence Walter Benjamin word Zionism