THE WORK OF MOURNING Jacques DERRIDA PascaLe-ANNE Brautt anp Micuazt NaasoLyeee? ies at the Beole des Hautes ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Eprrors' INTRopUCTION Jacques Derrida is director of studi Etudes en Sciences Sociales, P atthe University of Cal books, including The Gift of Death and Archive Fe “d by the University of Chicago Press. Pas sor of French at DePaul Politics of Mourning Michael Naas is professor of philosophy at DePaul Univers ‘ “Togeer they have translated several works by Derrida in cuaprer 1 ROLAND BARTHES (1915-80) ling Memoirs ofthe Blind, published by the University of ‘The Deaths of Roland Barthes Press, and Adieu Sa Paty 2 PAUL DE MAN (1919-83) ‘The Ur cago 60637 In Memoriam: Of the Soul ‘The University of CI Lid, London. 3 MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926-84) “To Do Justice to Freud” 4 Max LOREAU (1928-90) 19.09 08 07 06 05 04 03.02 01 12345 Leiter to Francine Loreau BIN: o-226-14316-3 (cloth) 5 JEAN-MARIE BENOIST (1942-90) xy of Congress Cataloging-in-Publcation Data “The Taste of Teas Derrida, Jacques. 6 Louis Avra: “The work of mourning/ Jacques Derrida edited by Paseale- sSER (1918-90) a Joes A Tent Read at Louis Althusser's Funeral ‘Anne Brault and Michael Naas. Pee 7 EDMOND JABES (1912-91) ades bibliographical references. Letter to Didier Caen ISBN o-226-14316-3 (cloth :alk. paper) Jacques Friends and associates. 8 JosePH N. Rivet, (1931-91) 2, Philosophers—Biography. 3 Bulogies Addemi-mot Paseale-Anne, Naas Micha, Ti DegeDyfs W67 2001 9 Micttex SERVIERE (1941-91) 194—deat 2430 As If There Were an Art of the Signature 10 Louts M IN (1931-92) fourning @The paper used im this Reed m fequirements of the American Nation rgeiences_Permanence of Paper for Prin Materials, ANSI 23948-1092 ’ By Force o al sketches are by Kat Saghal ns 133 59SARAH KOFMAN (1934-94) GILLES DELEUZE (1925-95) I'm Going to Have to Wander All Alone EMMANUEL LEVINAS (1906-95) Adieu JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD (1924-98) All-Out Friendship Lyotard and Us BIBLIOGRAPHIES, COMPILED BY KAS SAGHAFT 165 189 197 48 as impetus for this book was a conference held on October 7, 1996, at DePaul University on the themes of mourning and politics in the work of Jacques Derrida. anks to David Krell, who or- ganized the conference and provided us with a forum for discussing this topic with Jacques Derrida, and to Peg Birmingham, who first suggested the idea of collect- ing these texts into a single volume. Their sup collegiality have been invaluable in the preparation of this work. Of the fiftcen translations gathered here, eight have been previously published. We are grateful to Kevin Newmark (and Columbia University Press), Samuel Weber (and the Louisiana Stare University Press) Leonard Lawlor (and Philosophy Today) for a ns of Derrida’s Our thanks also to Press, Critical Inquiry, and Northwestern Univer- Press for permission to reprint our own previously published translations of the texts on Foucault, Kofman,