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Deconstruction, dissipation and death, and the ‘casting-away of the law’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2021

Upendra Baxi
Upendra Baxi*
Affiliation:
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: u.baxi@warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this brief tribute, I pursue the long-promised imaginary conversation with Peter Fitzpatrick and engage two themes: the nature of an abyss and the conversion of Karl Marx from a revolutionary thinker to a best exemplar of evolutionary thought. If these themes make some sense, a good way of being with Peter is a further exploration amidst us all.

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deathfinitudemythologiesMarxunsubordinated
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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 17 , Special Issue 1: Celebration of Peter Fitzpatrick and his Scholarship , March 2021 , pp. 32 - 35
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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