Hauntology

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hauntology

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the core theoretical framework?Derived from deconstruction, emphasizing the instability of origin and presence
2. What is the interdisciplinary applications?Used in philosophy, art, music, literature, architecture, politics, and anthropology
3. Who first said the word hauntology?The word hauntology was first made by a thinker named Jacques Derrida in a book he wrote in 1993.
4. How does hauntology show up in music?In music, hauntology shows up when musicians use old sounds or old technology to make new songs that feel both familiar and strange.

Ontological Disjunction: A state where the nature of being or existence is fragmented or out of sync with time.
Spectrality: The quality of being like a ghost or a phantom; a lingering presence.
Atemporal: Not related to or affected by the passage of time; existing outside of time.