In the Name of Friendship: Deguy, Derrida and Salut

In the Name of Friendship: Deguy, Derrida and "Salut" explores the friendship between poetry and philosophy in the works of Michel Deguy and Jacques Derrida, and the cultural, political and religious implications of the name understood as a secular form of sacredness.

About the author

Christopher Elson (Ph.D. 1995, University of Paris-IV) is Associate Professor of French at Dalhousie University. Author, translator and editor of articles and volumes on contemporary French culture including translator and editor of Michel Deguy's A Man of Little Faith (2014).

Garry Sherbert (Ph.D. 1992, University of Alberta), is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Regina. He has published articles on Derrida, and books on Menippean satire, Canadian culture, including Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance (2010).

Product details

• Assisted by: Christopher Elson (Editor), Garry Sherbert (Editor), Christopher Elson (Translation), Garry Sherbert (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2017
• EAN: 9789004336322
• ISBN: 978-90-04-33632-2
• No. of pages: 556
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 998 g
• Series: Chiasma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day