Žižek now : current perspectives in Žižek studies
2013
Book
Arguably the most prolific and widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Žižek has made indelible interventions into a number of disciplines in the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Although his work has been the subject of many volumes of searching criticism and commentary, there is no assessment to date of the value of his work for the development of these disciplines. Žižek Now brings together distinguished critics to explore the utility and far-ranging implications of Žižek's thought and provide an evaluation of the difference his work makes or promises to make in their chosen fields. As such, the volume offers chapters on quantum physics and Žižek's transcendentalist materialist theory of the subject, Hegel's absolute, materialist Christianity, postcolonial violence, eco-politics, ceremonial acts, and the postcolonial revolutionary subject. -- Publisher description.
Main title:
Žižek now : current perspectives in Žižek studies / edited by Jamil Khader and Molly Anne Rothenberg.
Author:
Khader, Jamil, 1967-, editorRothenberg, Molly Anne, 1952-, editor
Imprint:
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2013.©2013
Collation:
xi, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part One. Introduction: Zizek Now or Never: Ideological Critique and the Nothingness of Being / Jamil Khader. 1. Zizekʹs Sublime Objects Now / Ian Parker ---- Part Two. 2. Hegel as Marxist: Zizekʹs Revision of German Idealism / Todd McGowan --- 3. Zizek and Christianity, or, the Critique of Religion after Marx and Freud / Bruno Bosteels --- 4. Ceremonial Contingencies and the Ambiguous Rites of Freedom / Joshua Ramey ---- Part Three. 5. A Critique of Natural Economy: Quantum Physics with Zizek / Adrian Johnston --- 6. Slavoj Zizekʹs Eco-Chic / Verena Conley --- 7. Zizek and Fanon: On Violence and Related Matters / Erik Vogt --- 8. Zizekʹs Infidelity: Lenin, the National Question, and the Postcolonial Legacy of Revolutionary Internationalism / Jamil Khader ---- Part Four. 9. King, Rabble, Sex, and War in Hegel / Slavoj Zizek.
ISBN:
9780745653709 (hardback)9780745653716 (paperback)
Dewey class:
199.4973
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
507276
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Society | SOCIETY 199.4973 ZIZE | On loan - Due: 15 Jul 2026 |