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What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection,
distinguished anthropologists-Maurice Godelier, George Marcus,
Stephen Tyler-and philosophers-Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo,
Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has
disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques
Derrida. The essays included in the volume: Some Things You Give,
Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves:
What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie. The
Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study
of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities by George
Marcus Capitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor "Even Steven" or
"No Strings Attached" by Stephen Tyler Mothering, Co-muni-cation
and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve Vaughan The Time of Giving,
the Time of Forgiving by John D. Caputo Seneca against Derrida:
Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan Peperzak
Edith Wyschogrod presents the first full-length study in English of
the important contemporary French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It
is a revision of the author's earlier study and includes
discussions of his recent writings as well as current scholarship.
Dr. Wyschogrod's extensive discussion of Levinas's relation to
Judaism, especially his use of literature from the Torah and other
religious writings, will be of interest to religious scholars. The
author compares Levinas's thought with that of his contemporaries,
most notably Jacques Derrida and Husserl.
"In this exciting and important work, Wyschogrod attempts to read
contemporary ethical theory against the vast unwieldy tapestry that
is postmodernism. . . . [A] provocative and timely study."--Michael
Gareffa, "Theological Studies"
"A 'must' for readers interested in the borderlands between
philosophy, hagiography, and ethics."--Mark I. Wallace, "Religious
Studies Review"
What are the ethical responsibilities of the historian in an age of
mass murder and hyper-reality? Can one be postmodern and still
write history? For whom should history be written? The author
explores these questions through the figure of the "heterological
historian". Realizing the philosophical impossibilities of ever
recovering "what really happened", this historian nevertheless
acknowledges a moral imperative to speak for those who have been
rendered voiceless. The book also weighs the impact of modern
archival methods, such as photographs, film and the Internet, which
bring with them new constraints on the writing of history and which
mandate a different vision of community. Drawing on the works of
continental philosophers, historiographers, cognitive scientists
and filmmakers, the book creates a framework for the understanding
of history and the ethical duties of the historian.
Exploring the risks, ambiguities, and unstable conceptual worlds of
contemporary thought, Crossover Queries brings together the
wide-ranging writings, across twenty years, of one of our most
important philosophers. Ranging from twentieth-century European
philosophy-the thought of Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Levinas,
Janicaud, and others-to novels and artworks, music and dance, from
traditional Jewish thought to Jain and Buddhist metaphysics,
Wyschogrod's work opens radically new vistas while remaining
mindful that the philosopher stands within and is responsible to a
philosophical legacy conditioned by the negative. Rather than point
to a Hegelian dialectic of overcoming negation or to a
postmetaphysical exhaustion, Wyschogrod treats negative moments as
opening novel spaces for thought. She probes both the desire for
God and an ethics grounded in the interests of the other person,
seeing these as moments both of crossing over and of negation.
Alert to the catastrophes that have marked our times, she exposes
the underlying logical structures of nihilatory forces that have
been exerted to exterminate whole peoples. Analyzing the negations
of biological research and cultural images of mechanized and
robotic bodies, she shows how they contest the body as lived in
ordinary experience. "Crossover Queries brings together important
essays on a remarkable range of topics by one of our most
insightful cultural critics. Commenting on philosophical and
theological issues that have shaped the recent past as well as
scientific and technological questions that will preoccupy us in
the near future, Wyschogrod consistently alerts us to the urgency
of problems whose importance few recognize. To avoid the challenge
these essays pose is to avoid responsibility for a future that
appears to be increasingly fragile."-Mark C. Taylor, Columbia
University
Edith Wyschogrod presents the first full-length study in English of
the important contemporary French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It
is a revision of the author's earlier study and includes
discussions of his recent writings as well as current scholarship.
Dr. Wyschogrod's extensive discussion of Levinas's relation to
Judaism, especially his use of literature from the Torah and other
religious writings, will be of interest to religious scholars. The
author compares Levinas's thought with that of his contemporaries,
most notably Jacques Derrida and Husserl.
What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection,
distinguished anthropologists-Maurice Godelier, George Marcus,
Stephen Tyler-and philosophers-Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo,
Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has
disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques
Derrida. The essays included in the volume: Some Things You Give,
Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves:
What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie. The
Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study
of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities by George
Marcus Capitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor "Even Steven" or
"No Strings Attached" by Stephen Tyler Mothering, Co-muni-cation
and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve Vaughan The Time of Giving,
the Time of Forgiving by John D. Caputo Seneca against Derrida:
Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan Peperzak
Exploring the risks, ambiguities, and unstable conceptual worlds of
contemporary thought, Crossover Queries brings together the
wide-ranging writings, across twenty years, of one of our most
important philosophers. Ranging from twentieth-century European
philosophy—the thought of Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Levinas,
Janicaud, and others—to novels and artworks, music and dance,
from traditional Jewish thought to Jain and Buddhist metaphysics,
Wyschogrod’s work opens radically new vistas while remaining
mindful that the philosopher stands within and is responsible to a
philosophical legacy conditioned by the negative. Rather than point
to a Hegelian dialectic of overcoming negation or to a
postmetaphysical exhaustion, Wyschogrod treats negative moments as
opening novel spaces for thought. She probes both the desire for
God and an ethics grounded in the interests of the other person,
seeing these as moments both of crossing over and of negation.
Alert to the catastrophes that have marked our times, she exposes
the underlying logical structures of nihilatory forces that have
been exerted to exterminate whole peoples. Analyzing the negations
of biological research and cultural images of mechanized and
robotic bodies, she shows how they contest the body as lived in
ordinary experience. “Crossover Queries brings together important
essays on a remarkable range of topics by one of our most
insightful cultural critics. Commenting on philosophical and
theological issues that have shaped the recent past as well as
scientific and technological questions that will preoccupy us in
the near future, Wyschogrod consistently alerts us to the urgency
of problems whose importance few recognize. To avoid the challenge
these essays pose is to avoid responsibility for a future that
appears to be increasingly fragile.”—Mark C. Taylor, Columbia
University
Contemporary phenomena of mass death-such as Hiroshima and
Auschwitz-have brought with them the threat of annihilation of
human life. In this provocative and disturbing book, Edith
Wyschogrod shows that the various manifestations of man-made mass
death form a single structure, a "death-event," which radically
alters our understanding of language, time, and self. She contends
that the death event has its own logic and driving force that she
traces to pre-Socratic philosophy and to certain mythological
motifs that recur in Western thought. "Spirit in Ashes is one book
in contemporary philosophy that should be read aloud and taken to
heart by any professional or intellectual who purports to have a
conscience."-Carl Rasche, Journal of the American Academy of
Religion "A masterful blend of scholarship, originality, and
serious passion."-Robert C. Neville, Commonweal "An original,
insightful, and challenging work."-Robert Burch, Canadian
Philosophical Reviews
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