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The gift of death ; and, Literature in secret

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Pages
158

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Cover of: Gift of Death, Second Edition and Literature in Secret
Gift of Death, Second Edition and Literature in Secret
2017, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret
The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret
Aug 25, 2017, University of Chicago Press
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Cover of: The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
April 1, 2008, University Of Chicago Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The gift of death ; and, Literature in secret
The gift of death ; and, Literature in secret
2008, University of Chicago Press
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
October 1, 2007, University Of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Translator's preface to the 2007 edition
The gift of death
Secrets of European responsibility
Beyond : giving for the taking, teaching, and learning to give, death
Whom to give to (knowing not to know)
Tout autre est tout autre
Literature in secret : an impossible filiation
The test of secrecy : for the one as for the other
Father, son, and literature
More than one.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Chicago
Other Titles
Literature in secret.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
194
Library of Congress
B2430.D483 D6613 2008, B2430.D483D6613 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
158

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17991326M
Internet Archive
giftofdeathliter0000derr
ISBN 10
0226142779
ISBN 13
9780226142777
LCCN
2007024288
OCLC/WorldCat
144570894
Library Thing
4133673
Goodreads
152981

First Sentence

"In one of his Heretical Essays on the Philosophy of History Jan Patocka relates secrecy, or more precisely the mystery of the sacred, to responsibility."

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