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Occasional Deconstructions......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
Part One: FALSE STARTS......Page 22
1. REFLECTING ON THE OCCASIONS OF INTRODUCTION: JUSTIFYING THE UNJUSTIFIABLE OR, BEGINNING AGAIN......Page 24
Part Two: IDENTITIES IN RUINS......Page 42
2. UNCANNY TEMPORALITIES, HAUNTING OCCASIONS: SUNSET BOULEVARD......Page 44
3. BIOGRAPHY’S RUINS: THE AFTERLIFE OF MARY SHELLEY......Page 70
4. BETWEEN: SPECULATIONS......Page 96
Part Three: APPARITIONING......Page 122
5. ETERNITY AND A DAY OR, AN “ENDLESS FOREWORD”: TOUT DIRE......Page 124
6. CITATION’S HAUNT: SPECTRES OF DERRIDA......Page 146
7. OCCASIONS OF TRAUMA AND TESTIMONY: WITNESSING, MEMORY, AND RESPONSIBILITY......Page 170
Part Four: AFFIRMATIVE RESISTANCES......Page 198
8. ORIGINS OF DECONSTRUCTION? DECONSTRUCTION, THAT WHICH ARRIVES (IF IT ARRIVES AT ALL)......Page 200
9. HAUNTOLOGY OR THE POLITICAL? (OR, NO POLITICS, NOT NOW): ALWAYS ALREADY DECEIVED......Page 218
10. LETTER TO MARTIN MCQUILLAN, CONCERNING “THE NEW INTERNATIONAL”: THE INDELIBLE MARX OF HAUNTING......Page 236
Part Five: READING TO COME......Page 258
11. GUILTY READING......Page 260
CHAPTER 1......Page 312
CHAPTER 2......Page 315
CHAPTER 3......Page 319
CHAPTER 4......Page 325
CHAPTER 5......Page 330
CHAPTER 6......Page 333
CHAPTER 7......Page 340
CHAPTER 8......Page 346
CHAPTER 9......Page 349
CHAPTER 10......Page 351
CHAPTER 11......Page 357
WORKS CITED......Page 364
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES......Page 380