Slavoj Žižek and Radical Politics
Title | Slavoj Žižek and Radical Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Sean Homer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2016-05-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317243722 |
In this book, Sean Homer addresses Slavoj Žižek’s work in a specific political conjuncture, his political interventions in the Balkans. The charge of inconsistency and contradiction is frequently levelled at Žižek’s politics, a charge he openly embraces in the name of "pragmatism." Homer argues that his interventions in the Balkans expose the dangers of this pragmatism for the renewal of the Leftist politics that he calls for. The book assesses Žižek’s political interventions in so far as they advance his self-proclaimed "ruthlessly radical" aims about changing the world. Homer argues the Balkans can be seen as Žižek’s symptom, that element which does not fit into the system, but speaks its truth and reveals what the system cannot acknowledge about itself. In Part II Homer explores Žižek’s radicalism through his critique of Alain Badiou, arguing that Badiou’s "affirmationism" provides a firmer grounding for the renewal of the left than Žižek’s negative gesture analyzed in Part I. What distinguishes Žižek from the majority of the contemporary Left today is his valorization of violence; Homer tackles this issue head-on in relation to political violence in Greece. Finally, Homer defends the utopian impulse on the radical left against its Lacanian critics.
"Погасло дневное светило..."
Title | "Погасло дневное светило..." PDF eBook |
Author | Радостин Димитров Русев |
Publisher | |
Pages | 461 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Bulgaria |
ISBN | 9789548712637 |
The Subject of Politics: Slavoj Zizeks Political Philosophy
Title | The Subject of Politics: Slavoj Zizeks Political Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Henrik Jøker Bjerre |
Publisher | Humanities-Ebooks |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1847601693 |
*The Subject of Politics* provides a new study of Slavoj Zizek's political philosophy. Focusing on the combination of psychoanalytic theory and philosophy, the book offers an overview of Zizek's analysis of contemporary society. In five chapters, the reader is introduced to Zizek's method, his view of the political impasse in the postmodern world, and his suggestion for a way ahead to renewed action and political invention. Rich in examples, the book gives an engaging and entertaining tour around the landscape of Zizek's political endeavour, while at the same time insisting on a more systematic and piecemeal approach than the Slovenian tends to offer himself.
Zizek and Politics
Title | Zizek and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Sharpe |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2010-03-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0748642226 |
In Zizek and Politics, Geoff Boucher and Matthew Sharpe go beyond standard introductions to spell out a new approach to reading Zizek, one that can be highly critical as well as deeply appreciative. They show that Zizek has a raft of fundamental positions that enable his theoretical positions to be put to work on practical problems. Explaining these positions with clear examples, they outline why Zizek's confrontation with thinkers such as Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze has so radically changed how we think about society. They then go on to track Zizek's own intellectual development during the last twenty years, as he has grappled with theoretical problems and the political climate of the War on Terror. This book is a major addition to the literature on Zizek and a crucial critical introduction to his thought.
The Courage of Hopelessness
Title | The Courage of Hopelessness PDF eBook |
Author | Slavoj Zizek |
Publisher | Melville House |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1612197078 |
Maverick philosopher Slavoj Zizek returns to explore today's ideological, political and economic battles—and asks whether radical change is possible In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet, argues Slavoj Zizek, it is only when we have admitted to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless—that the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact the headlight of a train—that fundamental change can be brought about. Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics—all of which, in their own way, express the impasses of global capitalism—Zizek explores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, he proposes, the only true question is,or should be, this: do we endorse the predominant acceptance of capitalism as fact of human nature, or does today's capitalism contain strong enough antagonisms to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the failure of socialism, and beyond the current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change before the train hits? “Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation” —The New Yorker
The Ticklish Subject
Title | The Ticklish Subject PDF eBook |
Author | Slavoj Žižek |
Publisher | Verso |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9781859842911 |
With his characteristic wit, Zizek addresses the burning question of how to reformulate a leftist project in an era of global capitalism and liberal-democratic multiculturalism. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Slavoj Zizek
Title | Slavoj Zizek PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Parker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781783713523 |
Simply the best critical introduction to Zizek.' Yannis Stavrakakis, author of 'Lacan and the Political.