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1、FredricJamesonMarx’sPurloinedLetterDerrida’snewbookismorethananintervention;itwishestobeaprovocation,firstandforemostofwhathecallsanewHolyAlliancewhoseattemptdefinitivelytoburyMarxishereansweredbyacallforaNewInternational.*Derridaremindsayoungergenerat
2、ionofthecomplexandconstitutiveinterrelationshipsbetweenanemergentdecon-structionandtheMarx-defineddebatesofthe1950sand60sinFrance(he1hasspokenelsewhereofhispersonalrelationshiptoAlthusser):inthisheisonlyoneofanumberofsignificantthinkersinso-calledposts
3、tructura-lismtoregisteraconcernwiththewayinwhichdemarxificationinFranceandelsewhere,havingplacedthereadingofMarxandthethemesofaproperlyMarxianproblematicbeyondtheboundsofrespectabilityandacademictolerance,nowthreatenstovitiatetheactivityofphilosophizin
4、gitself,replacingitwithablandAnglo-Americananti-speculativepositivism,empiricismorpragmatism.ThenewbookwillalsospeakoftherelationshipofdeconstructiontoMarx(aswellasofitsreservesinthefaceofanimplicitorexplicitMarxist‘philosophy’).Derridaheretakestheresp
5、onsibilityofspeakingoftheworldsituation,whosenovelandcatastrophicfeaturesheenumerateswithalltheauthorityoftheworld’smosteminentlivingphilosopher.HereadsMarx’stexts,inparticularofferingaremarkablenewexegesisofpassagesfromTheGermanIdeology.Hedevelopsanew
6、concept,thatof‘spectrality’,anddoessoinawaywhichalsosuggestsmodificationsorinflectionsinthewayinwhichdeconstructionhandlesconceptsingeneral.Andheaffirmsapersistenceofthat‘weakmessianicpower’whichBenjamincalleduponustopreserveandsustainduringdarkeras.It
7、isawide-rangingperformance,andathrillingone,particularlyasitispunctuatedbythegreatshoutsandcriesofalarmoftheopeningscenesofHamletonthebattlements.IwanttosummarizethebookmorenarrowlyandthentocommentinanunsystematicandpreliminarywayonpointsIfindparticula
8、rlyinteresting.ThefivechaptersofSpectersofMarxturnvariously,asmightbeexpected,aroundtheissueofMarx’safterlifetoday.Hamlet,andtheghostof*Somefurtherphilosophicalissues,importantbutmoretechnical,willbeaddressedinanexpandedversionofthisess
