It takes the average reader 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Marion and Derrida on The Gift and Desire: Debating the Generosity of Things by Jason Alvis
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This book examines the various encounters between Jean-Luc Marion and Jacques Derrida on “the gift,” considers their many differences on “desire,” and demonstrates how these topics hold the keys to some of phenomenology’s most pressing structural questions, especially regarding “deconstructive” approaches within the field. The book claims that the topic of desire is a central lynchpin to understanding the two thinkers’ conflict over the gift, for the gift is reducible to the “desire to give,” which initiates a turn to the topic of “generosity.” To what degree might loving also imply giving?...
Marion and Derrida on The Gift and Desire: Debating the Generosity of Things by Jason Alvis is 269 pages long, and a total of 69,671 words.
This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes to read Marion and Derrida on The Gift and Desire: Debating the Generosity of Things aloud.
Marion and Derrida on The Gift and Desire: Debating the Generosity of Things is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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