Perjury and Pardon, Volume II
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Perjury and Pardon, Volume II
An exploration of the political dimensions of forgiveness and repentance from Jacques Derrida.
Perjury and Pardon is a two-year seminar series given by Jacques Derrida at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris during the late 1990s. In these sessions, Derrida focuses on the philosophical, ethical, juridical, and political stakes of the concept of responsibility. His primary goal is to develop what he calls a “problematic of lying” by studying diverse forms of betrayal: infidelity, denial, false testimony, perjury, unkept promises, desecration, sacrilege, and blasphemy.
This volume covers the seminar’s second year when Derrida explores the political dimensions of forgiveness and repentance. Over eight sessions, he discusses Hegel, Augustine, Levinas, Arendt, and Benjamin, as well as Bill Clinton’s impeachment and Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu’s testimonies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The seminars conclude with an extended reading of Henri Thomas’s 1964 novel Le Parjure.
Series: The Seminars of Jacques Derrida
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780226825281
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 10 May 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Illustration: 1 halftones
Contributors:
- Translated by David Wills
- Edited by Rodrigo Therezo
- Edited by Ginette Michaud
- Edited by Nicholas Cotton
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 540g
Pages: 360
About the Author
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Several of his books have been published in translation by the University of Chicago Press. David Wills is a professor of French studies at Brown University and the translator of several works by Derrida.
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