The Monstrous and the Dead
Burke, Marx, Fascism

Distributed for University of Wales Press
© 2005
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Burke: The Monstrous Multitude
A sublime revolution?
Mobs and monsters
Reconciliation; or the authority of the dead
2 Marx: The Political Economy of the Dead
Bloody capital
Living and dead labour
Redemption; or must we let the dead bury their dead?
3 Fascism: Long Live Death!
The thrill of horror
’As for death - that we do fabulously!’
Resurrection; or the danse macabre
Coda
Notes
Index
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