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A collection of essays by one of Jacques Derrida's friends and foremost commentators.
This collection gathers essays written by Geoffrey Bennington since the death of Jacques Derrida. It continues the ongoing work of elucidating difficult and complex thoughts, often enough with reference to Derrida's persistent interrogation of the concepts of life and death, mou…
The author has elucidated the philosopher's complex thought, especially his persistent interrogation of life and death, mourning and melancholia, and what Derrida sometimes called "half-mourning." The author relates this "ethical" interruption of mourning to the persistent but s…
This book gathers essays written by Geoffrey Bennington since the death of his friend Jacques Derrida in 2004. All, with significant variations of depth, manner and tone dictated by the different circumstances for which they were written, continue the ongoing work of elucidating…
An impressive study that prompts the reader toward philosophical reflection on the hermeneutics of melancholy in its relation to maturing theological understanding and cultivation of a profound self-consciousness. Melancholy has been interpreted as a deadly sin or demonic tempta…
Spanish translation of "Soleil noir". Reflexions on the nature of depression and melancholy and its manifestations in literature and art.
