Author: Jones Irwin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441111786
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
New interviews with Slavoj Žižek and his contemporaries, accompanied by critical analysis of the wider Slovenian philosophical and cultural context that spawned their thought.
Žižek and His Contemporaries
Author: Jones Irwin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441111786
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
New interviews with Slavoj Žižek and his contemporaries, accompanied by critical analysis of the wider Slovenian philosophical and cultural context that spawned their thought.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441111786
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
New interviews with Slavoj Žižek and his contemporaries, accompanied by critical analysis of the wider Slovenian philosophical and cultural context that spawned their thought.
Žižek and his Contemporaries
Author: Jones Irwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441158855
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In recent years, the popularity of the inimitable Slavoj Žižek has perhaps cast a shadow over the collective influence exerted by Slovenian intellectuals on modern day philosophy. Yet despite his image as an isolated genius, this timely book relocates Žižek as a thinker whose ideas are born of a specifically Slovenian context. Although only coming to international notice in the early 1990s, the Slovenian school needs to be understood as the culmination of a series of intellectual, artistic and political movements inextricably connected to the quest for the succession of Slovenia from Yugoslavia. These developments in thought must also be seen in the light of one of the giants of Continental philosophy: Jacques Lacan. Featuring brand new interviews with three of its forerunners - Žižek, Mladen Dolar and Alenka Zupancic - this fascinating account details each philosopher's individual concerns, whilst shedding light on the complex genealogy and continuing development of the Slovenian Neo-Lacanian school. Rarely are we afforded such an opportunity to study the birth of a philosophy from a seminal moment in modern history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441158855
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In recent years, the popularity of the inimitable Slavoj Žižek has perhaps cast a shadow over the collective influence exerted by Slovenian intellectuals on modern day philosophy. Yet despite his image as an isolated genius, this timely book relocates Žižek as a thinker whose ideas are born of a specifically Slovenian context. Although only coming to international notice in the early 1990s, the Slovenian school needs to be understood as the culmination of a series of intellectual, artistic and political movements inextricably connected to the quest for the succession of Slovenia from Yugoslavia. These developments in thought must also be seen in the light of one of the giants of Continental philosophy: Jacques Lacan. Featuring brand new interviews with three of its forerunners - Žižek, Mladen Dolar and Alenka Zupancic - this fascinating account details each philosopher's individual concerns, whilst shedding light on the complex genealogy and continuing development of the Slovenian Neo-Lacanian school. Rarely are we afforded such an opportunity to study the birth of a philosophy from a seminal moment in modern history.
ZŒizŒek and His Contemporaries
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781472594044
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781472594044
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tarrying with the Negative
Author: Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822313953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
DIVA theoretical analysis of social conflict that uses examples from Kant, Hegel, Lacan, popular culture and contemporary politics to critique nationalism./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822313953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
DIVA theoretical analysis of social conflict that uses examples from Kant, Hegel, Lacan, popular culture and contemporary politics to critique nationalism./div
Living in the End Times
Author: Slavoj Žižek
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1844677028
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Economics.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1844677028
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Economics.
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
Author: Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781680310
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Liberals and conservatives proclaim the end of the American holiday from history. Now the easy games are over; one should take sides. Žižek argues this is precisely the temptation to be resisted. In such moments of apparently clear choices, the real alternatives are most hidden. Welcome to the Desert of the Real steps back, complicating the choices imposed on us. It proposes that global capitalism is fundamentalist and that America was complicit in the rise of Muslim fundamentalism. It points to our dreaming about the catastrophe in numerous disaster movies before it happened, and explores the irony that the tragedy has been used to legitimize torture. Last but not least it analyzes the fiasco of the predominant leftist response to the events.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781680310
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Liberals and conservatives proclaim the end of the American holiday from history. Now the easy games are over; one should take sides. Žižek argues this is precisely the temptation to be resisted. In such moments of apparently clear choices, the real alternatives are most hidden. Welcome to the Desert of the Real steps back, complicating the choices imposed on us. It proposes that global capitalism is fundamentalist and that America was complicit in the rise of Muslim fundamentalism. It points to our dreaming about the catastrophe in numerous disaster movies before it happened, and explores the irony that the tragedy has been used to legitimize torture. Last but not least it analyzes the fiasco of the predominant leftist response to the events.
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality
Author: Judith Butler
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1844676684
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci’s notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Žižek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism-versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigor and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1844676684
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci’s notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Žižek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism-versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigor and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.
Slavoj Zizek
Author: Tony Myers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134504314
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled, including: What is a Subject and why is it so important? The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real What is so terrible about Postmodernity? How can we distinguish reality from ideology? What is the relationship between men and women? Why is Racism always a fantasy? Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134504314
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled, including: What is a Subject and why is it so important? The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real What is so terrible about Postmodernity? How can we distinguish reality from ideology? What is the relationship between men and women? Why is Racism always a fantasy? Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.
The Essential Zizek
Author: Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781844673278
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The essential texts for understanding Zizek’s thought.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781844673278
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The essential texts for understanding Zizek’s thought.
Philosophy in the Present
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745640974
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy interfere in the world? Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou, philosophy is nothing but interference and commitment and will not be restrained by academic discipline. Philosophy is strange and new, and yet speaks in the name of all - as Badiou shows with his theory of universality. Similarly, Zizek believes that the philosopher must intervene, contrary to all expectations, in the key issues of the time. He can offer no direction, but this only shows that the question has been posed incorrectly: it is valid to change the terms of the debate and settle on philosophy as abnormality and excess. At once an invitation to philosophy and an introduction to the thinking of two of the most topical and controversial philosophers writing today, this concise volume will be of great interest to students and general readers alike.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745640974
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy interfere in the world? Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou, philosophy is nothing but interference and commitment and will not be restrained by academic discipline. Philosophy is strange and new, and yet speaks in the name of all - as Badiou shows with his theory of universality. Similarly, Zizek believes that the philosopher must intervene, contrary to all expectations, in the key issues of the time. He can offer no direction, but this only shows that the question has been posed incorrectly: it is valid to change the terms of the debate and settle on philosophy as abnormality and excess. At once an invitation to philosophy and an introduction to the thinking of two of the most topical and controversial philosophers writing today, this concise volume will be of great interest to students and general readers alike.