POL_S 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Alterity, Bourgeoisie, Liberal Democracy
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Derrida suggests that marx was preoccupied with ghosts in his political thought. Money appears in the form of a ghost in marx. Hoarding to have money after death in another world. Marx aims to get rid of ghosts through critical analysis. Marx he"s this terrified hostility towards ghosts in common with his adversaries. Alive (liberal democracy) has never been as threatened. The suffering liberal capitalism has brought onto the world. They communicate and cooperate at every moment toward producing the greatest force with which to assure the hegemony or the imperialism in question. Fukyama: western liberal democracy is endpoint of humanity"s evolution and the final form of human government. Economic wars (between the eu and us and within the eu) Ferocity of foreign debt pauperization of the rest of the world and the hegemony of the wealthy countries. Leaving of an empty place for the foreigner. The awaiting of an alterity that cannot be anticipated (difference does not equal difference)
