Specters of Marx : The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, and the New International

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Prodigiously influential, Jacques Derrida gave rise to a comprehensive rethinking of the basic concepts and categories of Western philosophy in the latter part of the twentieth century, with writings central to our understanding of language, meaning, identity, ethics and values. In 1993, a conference was organized around the question, 'Whither Marxism?’, and Derrida was invited to open the proceedings. His plenary address, 'Specters of Marx', delivered in two parts, forms the basis of this book. Hotly debated when it was first published, a rapidly changing world and world politics have scarcely dented the relevance of this book. Contents ......Page 4 Editors' Introduction by Bernd Magnus and Stephen Cullenberg......Page 5 Note on the Text ......Page 11 Dedication......Page 12 Exordium......Page 14 1. Injunctions of Marx......Page 20 2. Conjuring-Marxism......Page 80 3. Wears and Tears (Tableau of an ageless world)......Page 115 4. In the Name of the Revolution, the Double Barricade (Impure "impure impure history of ghosts")......Page 137 5. Apparition of the Inapparent: The phenomenological "conjuring trick"......Page 175 Exordium......Page 242 1. Injunctions of Marx......Page 243 2. Conjuring-Marxism......Page 246 3. Wears and Tears......Page 248 4. In the Name of the Revolution......Page 252 5. Apparition of the Inapparent......Page 256 Index......Page 266