Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-158) and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Spectral history of guilt in Law -- 1. Modernity's guilt by default -- 2. The spectre of Roman law -- 3. Spectral violence in justifying law -- Pt. 2. Historical truth of spectrality -- 1. Freud's Moses and the progress of spectrality -- 2. Foreclosure and the return of the pharaoh -- 3. For a Freudian model of history -- Pt. 3. Spectrality in the Christian and tragic era -- 1. Ghostly transfigurations in Christianity -- 2. Spectral performance of Greek tragedy -- Pt. 4. Phantom formations after the Renaissance -- 1. Shakespeare's stage ghost -- 2. From the evil demon to Cartesian certitude -- 3. Epic resources of Pandemonium -- IV. Conversion into capital : return on investment.
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