Specters of Marx by Jacques Derrida
In 1993, Derrida opened a conference organized around the question 'Whither Marxism?, and it is his plenary address that forms the basis of this book. Hotly debated then, a changing world and world politic have scarcely dented its relevance today."Its importance within the Derridean canon cannot be overemphasized.. The text that scholars turn to ... to understand the politics of deconstruction." – Southern Humanities Review
"One of Derrida's best books." – New Statesman and Society
'Derrida presents a provocative and ... insightful interpretation of Marx. [He] shows convincingly that Marx is haunted by history and that he wants to put it to an end.' - RRPE
'Derrida is considered a classic of the postmodern canon.' - New York Review of Books
'Its importance within the Derridean canon cannot be overemphasized ... the text that scholars turn to ... to understand the politics of deconstruction.' - Southern Humanities Review
'One of Derrida's best books … More explicitly than before, he has taken politics and history as his themes.' - New Statesman
'Always a man of the left, [Derrida] felt able to write this book only when Soviet communism had collapsed, as his espousal of Marx was then, he said, less likely to be misunderstood.' - The Guardian
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was born in Algeria. He drew on psychoanalysis, Marxist theory, and Heidegger's philosophy to become a central figure in intellectual life in the latter part of the twentieth century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415389570 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415389577 |
| Title | Specters of Marx |
| Author | Jacques Derrida |
| Series | Routledge Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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