Abstract
Summary In this paper some similarities and differences between Marxism and deconstruction are explored. This is done by looking at the different ways terms such as text, history, politics and revolution are used within these two paradigms. In all these cases it is shown that deconstruction succeeds in producing a broader frame of reference. The crucial differences between these paradigms are the following: the method of explanation differs from the strategy of irony; totalisation (based on the assumption that the key to the mystery of history has been discovered) differs from pluralisation (based on the assumption that a variety of approaches to a text is possible); and the program of revolutionary action differs from a transformative strategy which succeeds to transform revolutionary thinking into a continuous activity and which can therefore never claim finality.
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