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'-· ACTS OF

RELIGION JACQ!JES DERRIDA

Edited and with an Introduction by GIL ANIDJAR

ROUTLEDGE New York and London

Published in 2002 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001

Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Derrida, Jacques. Acts of religion I Jacques Derrida ; edited by Gil Anidjar.

p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-92400-6- ISBN 0-415-92401-4 (pbk.) 1. Religion-Philosophy. I. Anidjar, Gil. II. Title.

B2430.D484 D46 2001 210-dc21 200 10119944

CONT

"Once More, Once More": Gil

(Dates of first publication appear below Abyss and the Volcano" and "Hostipitality" language.)

The Two Sources of "Religion" (In French, 1996;

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2

Interpretations at War: (In French, 1989;

v