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Given Time II

Given Time II

Derrida, Jacques
Szendy, Peter
Odello, Laura

Hardcover

Philosophy

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ISBN10: 0226823202
ISBN13: 9780226823201
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jun 18 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

The long-awaited conclusion to Derrida's seminar on the gift and time.

In 1991, Jacques Derrida published the first half of a seminar delivered from 1978 to 1979 on gifts and time, but the second installment (though expected) was not completed in his lifetime. Given Time II completes the seminar with eight sessions that showcase Derrida's most advanced work on the problematic of the gift in Heidegger, with deep dives into some of the most difficult texts in the Heideggerian corpus, including The Origin of the Work of Art, The Thing, and On Time and Being.

Beyond Heidegger, Derrida engages Claude Lévi-Strauss, Marcel Mauss, Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Lacan, and others on the act of giving and receiving, the sacrificial gift, and more. Throughout, Derrida identifies a paradox of gift giving: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, since gifts often involve a cycle of debt and repayment. Given Time II is a uniquely Derridean treatment of an important subject in the work of Heidegger and beyond.

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