false 188009 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 188009 3 181723 1992 Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money total:50|5:21|4:15|3:11|2:2|1:1| 50 203 81 3 4132 3.99 3264 237 38532286 1630419 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 3 0 false Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 24 09:24:47 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 09:25:38 -0800 2008
That being said, it really is incredible stuff, and Derrida is an incredible, unparalleled thinker.]]> 55445188 1016487 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 5 0 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri May 08 21:36:19 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 21:37:13 -0700 2009 18476009 132459 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 1 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Mar 23 20:18:19 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:18:58 -0700 2008 81988233 564249 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 22:24:43 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 22:24:54 -0800 2009 78867299 2970208 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 5 0 false Tue Nov 24 11:37:07 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 11:37:07 -0800 2009 75419193 645171 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Thu Oct 22 16:10:45 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 16:10:45 -0700 2009 75161156 2856754 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 5 0 false Tue Oct 20 14:32:55 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:32:55 -0700 2009 72398501 2661209 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Thu Sep 24 18:19:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 18:19:51 -0700 2009 72047876 2762264 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 4 0 false Mon Sep 21 17:06:39 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 17:06:39 -0700 2009 70185509 1554665 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Sat Sep 05 16:00:41 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 16:00:48 -0700 2009 66680091 2559314 767404 0226143139 9780226143132 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/767404.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 0.0 0 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Sat Aug 08 16:09:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:17:17 -0700 2009 62762290 2424704 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 4 0 false Thu Jul 09 07:40:17 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 07:40:17 -0700 2009 61476204 77562 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Mon Jun 29 01:47:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 01:47:48 -0700 2009 61419832 2467915 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 5 0 false Sun Jun 28 15:17:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 15:17:53 -0700 2009 59420049 702060 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 4 0 false Fri Jun 12 11:59:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 11:59:58 -0700 2009 50218114 2134169 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 5 0 false Mon Mar 23 15:56:57 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 15:56:57 -0700 2009 48983149 2117746 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Wed Mar 11 18:50:58 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:50:58 -0700 2009 46846020 610355 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Thu Feb 19 05:18:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 05:18:15 -0800 2009 44458160 1429477 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 0 0 false Mon Jan 26 18:16:18 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:16:18 -0800 2009 43680970 1302862 188009 0226143147 9780226143149 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110m/188009.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543110s/188009.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188009.Given_Time_I_Counterfeit_Money 4.06 50 giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since its mere appearance as gift puts it in the cycle of repayment and debt.

Derrida reads the relation of time to gift through a number of texts: Heidegger's Time and Being, Mauss's The Gift, as well as essays by Benveniste and Levi-Strauss that assume Mauss's legacy. It is, however, a short tale by Baudelaire, "Counterfeit Money," that guides Derrida's analyses throughout. At stake in his reading of the tale, to which the second half of this book is devoted, are the conditions of gift and forgiveness as essentially bound up with the movement of dissemination, a concept that Derrida has been working out for many years.

For both readers of Baudelaire and students of literary theory, this work will prove indispensable.</div>]]> 1992 2 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 05:57:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 06:03:19 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=188009