The Hypothesis, the Context, the Messianic, the Political, the Economic, the Technological – On Derrida’s S
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In this paper I give a detailed critical discussion of Derrida’s important 1994 book Specters of Marx. I begin by discussing the hypothesis advanced in the book and then make a number of remarks about its context. I then go on to discuss the central theme of Specters of Marx: the messianic. As a way of unpacking this theme, I address a number of subthemes in Specters of Marx: the injunction of différance, democracy to come, justice, religion and the es spukt (it spooks). As a consequence of this discussion, I turn to the theme of the political and address the subthemes of hegemony, the decision and the New International. I conclude the paper with a discussion of two more speculative themes that arise out of Specters of Marx: the question of the economic and the technological.Downloads
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2016-01-24
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Critchley, S. (2016). The Hypothesis, the Context, the Messianic, the Political, the Economic, the Technological – On Derrida’s S. Filozofski Vestnik, 16(2). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/3927
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Ethics and Politics / Ethique et politique / Ethik und Politik
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