Hauntology studies things that repeat without ever being present.

Evidence

In Spectres of Marx, Derrida defines hauntology as the study of that which repeats without ever being present. To elaborate, we might say that the revenant repeats without being present in the first place — where “place” is equivalent in meaning to “time”. Nothing occupies the point of origin, and that which haunts insists without ever existing. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 513

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Derrida’s hauntology: repetition without originary presence.
• XREF: Connects to Fisher’s hauntology thread and Derrida; also resonates with the earlier chapter on spectrality and repetition. — connects to: Hauntology marks media palimpsests spooked by themselves out of sync — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1107; Photography’s capture of lost moments has an inherently hauntological dimension — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 349

Broader Connections

• Hauntology marks media palimpsests spooked by themselves out of sync #expands (0.90) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1107