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    • The Gift and the meaning-giving subject: A Reading of Given Time 

      De Ville, Jacques (Springer, 2010)
      In this essay the relation between justice and the gift in Derrida’s thinking is explored. The essay shows that an understanding of the ontological difference or the relation between Being and beings in Heidegger’s thinking ...
    • Mythology and the images of justice 

      De Ville, Jacques (University of California Press, 2011)
      This essay enquires into the depictions of Justice through the ages, as well as the myths surrounding these depictions, more particularly in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in modern times. The essay departs in significant ...
    • Rethinking the notion of a 'higher law': Heidegger and Derrida on the Anaximander fragment 

      De Ville, Jacques (Springer, 2009)
      The Anaximander fragment, in the readings of both Heidegger and Derrida, speaks of that which exceeds positive law. In this article, the author provides a detailed reading of Heidegger’s Der Spruch des Anaximander, showing ...