The Gift of Death Translated by David Wills

In The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion to date, he continues to explore questions introduced in Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Patocka's Heretical Essays on the History of Philosophy and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Levinas, and Kierkegaard.

A major work, The Gift of Death resonates with much of Derrida's earlier writing and will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, philosophy, and literary criticism, along with scholars of ethics and religion.

Table of Contents
Translator's Preface
1: Secrets of European Responsibility
2: Beyond: Giving for the Taking, Teaching and Learning to Give, Death
3: Whom to Give to (Knowing Not to Know)
4: Tout autre est tout autre