{"product_id":"perjury-and-pardon-volume-ii-9780226825281","title":"Perjury and Pardon, Volume II","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the political dimensions of forgiveness and repentance from Jacques Derrida.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerjury and Pardon \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e Le Parjure\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Derrida \u003c\/b\u003e(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. \u003cb\u003eDavid Wills\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of French studies at Brown University and the translator of several works by Derrida.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487461773586,"sku":"9780226825281","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de8e8243-caa3-438b-bf30-b37f25df7d26.jpg?v=1730441785","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/perjury-and-pardon-volume-ii-9780226825281","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}