LEADER 03117nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910963805703321 005 20230124182528.0 010 $a9780791482780 010 $a0791482782 010 $a9781423747802 010 $a1423747801 035 $a(CKB)1000000000459165 035 $a(OCoLC)461441866 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579023 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000229172 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193304 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229172 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10171688 035 $a(PQKB)10252262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407600 035 $a(OCoLC)63147882 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6325 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579023 035 $a(DE-B1597)684309 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791482780 035 $a(Perlego)2671725 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000459165 100 $a20041214d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe promise of memory $ehistory and politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida /$fMatthias Fritsch 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791465493 311 08$a0791465497 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index. 327 $aBenjamin's reading of Marx -- Derrida's reading of Marx -- The critique of violence -- The claim of the dead upon the living. 330 $aRereading Marx through Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, The Promise of Memory attempts to establish a philosophy of liberation. Matthias Fritsch explores how memories of injustice relate to the promises of justice that democratic societies have inherited from the Enlightenment. Focusing on the Marxist promise for a classless society, since it contains a political promise whose institutionalization led to totalitarian outcomes, Fritsch argues that both memories and promises, if taken by themselves, are one-sided and potentially justify violence if they do not reflect on the implicit relation between them. He examines Benjamin's reinterpretation of Marxism after the disappointment of the Russian and German revolutions and Derrida's "messianic" inheritance of Marx after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The book also contributes to contemporary political philosophy by relating Marxist social goals and German critical theory to debates about deconstructive ethics and politics. 410 0$aSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy. 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a335.4/119 700 $aFritsch$b Matthias$01031711 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963805703321 996 $aThe promise of memory$94362803 997 $aUNINA