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

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

by JacquesDerrida (Author)

Synopsis

Specters of Marx is a major new book from the renowned French philosopher Jacques Derrida. It represents his first important statement on Marx and his definitive entry into social and political philosophy.

Specter is the first noun one reads in The Manifesto of the Communist Party. But that's just the beginning. Once you start to notice them, there is no counting all the ghosts, spirits, specters and spooks that crowd Marx's text. If they are to count for something, however, one must question the spectropoetics that Marx allowed to invade his discourse. In Specters of Marx, Derrida undertakes this task within the context of a critique of the new dogmatism and new world order that have proclaimed the death of Marxism and of Marx.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03 Nov 1994

ISBN 10: 0415910455
ISBN 13: 9780415910453

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Derrida presents a provocative and... insightful interpretation of Marx. Derrida shows convincingly that Marx is haunted by history and that he wants to put it to an end..
Author Bio
Jacques Derrida is Directeur d'Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He is well known to English-language readers for such works as Of Grammatology, Spurs, The Post Card, and Cinders. Acts of Literature, a collection of his essays, is available from Routledge.