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-In its origins '''hauntology''' is [[Jacques Derrida]]’s [[neologism]] to refer to the logic of the of the [[specter]] or [[ghost]]. The term first appears in his book ''[[Spectres of Marx]]''. In French, the word ‘hauntology’ sounds identical to the word '[[ontology]]’, the pun being a part of Derrida’s purpose to critique. Ultimately the term refers to the paradoxical state of the specter, which is neither being nor non-being.+:''[[Gary Sauer-Thompson on hauntology]]''
-No doubt the term goes back to [[1848]] when [[Marx]] and [[Engels]] stated “A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of Communism.+'''Hauntology''' is an idea within the [[philosophy of history]] introduced by [[Jacques Derrida]] in his 1993 work ''[[Spectres of Marx]]''. The word, a combination of the word [[haunt]] and the suffix -[[ology]], and a near-[[homophone]] to [[ontology]] in Derrida's native French, deals with "the paradoxical state of the [[spectre]], which is neither [[being]] nor [[non-being]]", according to Lisa Gye in her project [[Halflives: A Mystory]].
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 +The term goes back to [[1848]] when Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels stated: “[[A spectre is haunting Europe the spectre of communism]]in the incipit to ''The Communist Manifesto''.
== In music criticism == == In music criticism ==
-From 1995 onwards, the term hauntology has popped up in the British music press and blogosphere. The first to use the term were [[Ian Penman]] ‘([the Phantoms of] TRICKNOLOGY [versus a Politics of Authenticity]’ in [[The Wire]] from 1995) and [[David Toop]] (''Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and Memory'' (2004)). In the musical blogosphere it has been most ardently used by [[K-Punk]], [[Woebot]], [[Simon Reynolds]] and [[Padraig]].+From 1995 onwards, the term hauntology has popped up in the British music press and blogosphere. The first to use the term were [[Ian Penman]] ‘([the Phantoms of] TRICKNOLOGY [versus a Politics of Authenticity]’ in [[The Wire]] from 1995) and [[David Toop]] (''[[Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and Memory]]'' (2004)). In the musical blogosphere it has been most ardently used by [[K-Punk]], [[Woebot]], [[Simon Reynolds]] and [[Padraig]] in connection to dubstep artists such as [[Kode9]] and [[Sam Shackleton]]. In [[2008]] there was a [[Hauntology Now!]] symposium.
 +==See also==
 +*[[Brutalism]]
 +*[[Retrofuturism]]
 +*[[Cyberpunk]]
 +*[[New Weird America]]
 +*[[Deconstruction]]
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Gary Sauer-Thompson on hauntology

Hauntology is an idea within the philosophy of history introduced by Jacques Derrida in his 1993 work Spectres of Marx. The word, a combination of the word haunt and the suffix -ology, and a near-homophone to ontology in Derrida's native French, deals with "the paradoxical state of the spectre, which is neither being nor non-being", according to Lisa Gye in her project Halflives: A Mystory.

The term goes back to 1848 when Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels stated: “A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism” in the incipit to The Communist Manifesto.

In music criticism

From 1995 onwards, the term hauntology has popped up in the British music press and blogosphere. The first to use the term were Ian Penman ‘([the Phantoms of] TRICKNOLOGY [versus a Politics of Authenticity]’ in The Wire from 1995) and David Toop (Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and Memory (2004)). In the musical blogosphere it has been most ardently used by K-Punk, Woebot, Simon Reynolds and Padraig in connection to dubstep artists such as Kode9 and Sam Shackleton. In 2008 there was a Hauntology Now! symposium.

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