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The Collapse Of Defining Geo-political Divisions More Than 20 Years Ago Was Proclaimed As 'the End Of History'. These Essays Explore 'the End' In Various Contexts, Including Art, Politics, And The Philosophy Of Time And Existence. In Different Ways, All Of The Essays Address Emerging Horizons Of Meaning And Reality. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.communist Desire / Jodi Dean -- 2.uneven Developments And The End To The History Of Modernity's Social Democratic Orientation: Madison's Pro-union Demonstrations / Paul A. Passavant -- 3.imperial Ends / Peter Fitzpatrick -- 4.of First And Last Men: Contract And Colonial Historicality In Foucault / Robert Nichols -- 5.a Presence Of A Constant End: Contemporary Art And Popular Culture In Japan / Yoke-sum Wong -- 6.frank's Motel: Horizontal And Vertical In The Big Other / Mark Kingwell -- 7.hegel And Plasticity / Catherine Kellogg -- 8.hegel's Last Words: Mourning And Melancholia At The End Of The Phenomenology / Rebecca Comay -- 9.if You Could Take Just Two Books...: Jacques Derrida At The Ends Of The World With Heidegger And Robinson Crusoe / Michael Naas -- 10.what Happened? What Is Going To Happen? An Essay On The Experience Of The Event / Leonard Lawlor -- 11.history Drift / Arthur Kroker. Edited By Amy Swiffen And Joshua Nichols. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.