The Work Of Mourning

Gathered in this book are textsletters of condolence memorial essayseulogies funeral orationswritten by the worlds most famous philosopher afterthe deaths of so... » 

Gathered in this book are textsletters of condolence memorial essayseulogies funeral orationswritten by the worlds most famous philosopher afterthe deaths of some of his bestknown colleagues and contemporaries RolandBarthes Paul de Man Michel Foucault Louis Althusser Gilles Deleuze andJeanFranois Lyotard among them. With his words Derrida bears witness to theuniqueness of each relationship in the process shedding light on some of themost important themes of his oeuvre mourning the gift of death timememory and friendship itself. Strikingly simpa meditations on friendship onshared vocations and avocations and on philosophy and history.PublishersWeekly «