The Gift of Mourning
This paper explores the relationship of mourning and the gift in the work of Jacques Derrida. I argue that mourning is not a Derridean gift, but mourning does open us to the gift. Reading the works of Aristotle, Cicero, and Kierkegaard on friendship and love to the dead in the wake of Derrida’s Pol...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jffp.org/ojs/jffp/article/view/1005 |