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Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money (Carpenter Lectures) (Vol 1) (Reprint Edition) by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf (Translator) Paperback, 182 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-226-14314-7 / 0226143147 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-14314-9 / 9780226143149 Is "giving" possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to |