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Mar 17, 2020 slavoj zizek, slovene philosopher and cultural theorist whose works addressed themes in psychoanalysis, politics, and popular culture. But, zizek argues in his new study and collection of original texts, lenins true greatness can be better grasped in the very last couple of years of his political life. The big other between violence and civility slavoj zizek the universal exception, according to lacan, is the slavoj zizek april 1, 2016 books zizeks jokes in the universal exception. Slavoj zizek reminds me of tevye of the 1971 movie a fiddler on the roof. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. He is a professor of philosophy at the european graduate school egs, a senior researcher at the institute for sociology and philosophy at the university of ljubljana, global distinguished professor of german at new york university, international director of the birkbeck institute for the humanities, and founder and. Slavoj zizek is a slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. Slavoj zizek names his 5 favorite films open culture.
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Slavoj zizek on his wife jela krecics novel none like her jela krecic is a slovene journalist, columnist and philosopher. Few thinkers illustrate the contradictions of contemporary capitalism better than slavoj zizek, one of the worlds bestknown public intellectuals. Lenin, 9781786631886, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Zizek rose to prominence in 1989 following his first book published in english. Lenins originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917.
One hundred years after the russian revolution, zizek shows why lenins thought is still important today. Slavoj zizek is a slovenian philosopher and critic. The broad compass of his theorizing, his deliberately provocative style, and his tendency to leaven his works with humor made him a popular figure in the western intellectual left. Slavoj zizek skip to main search results amazon prime. He reaches hegel via a long journey exploring the thinking of lacan the hegel that opposed kants idea of a more concrete, transcendant thing in itself lying behind mere appearance. Slavoj zizek is a senior researcher at the institute for sociology and philosophy at the university of ljubljana, slovenia. One hundred years after the russian revolution, i ek shows why lenins thought is still important today v. Verso september 19, 2017 lenin s originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Economico philosophical spandrels, 2017, mit press the courage of hopelessness. You will need to be acquitted with lacan first, and that is already an arduous task.
Zizek inverts current pedagogicalstrategies to explain the difficult philosophical underpinnings of the french theoretician andpractician who revolutionized our view of psychoanalysis. Lenin 2017 ebook by slavoj zizek 9781786631893 rakuten kobo. Since then he has written countless books, in fact, perhaps the. The best intro would definitely be zizeks how to read lacan. Zizek s first book is a journey into the vacuum at the heart of ideology and the subject himself.
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Slavoj zizek announces his new book the incontinence of the void coming this year 2017. If the most interesting theoretical interventions emerge today from the interspaces between fields, then the foremost interspaceman is slavoj zizek. Hegel and the shadow of dialectical materialism 2012, and the courage of hopelessness. Some of his books are welcome to the desert of the real 2002, violence 2008, less than nothing. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Living in the end times by slavoj zizek, the plague of fantasies by slavoj zizek, the sublime object of ideology by slavoj. But, zizek argues in this new study and collection of original texts, lenins true greatness can be better grasped in the very last couple of years of his political life. What the liberal left doesnt want to hear nyu info here. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data z. Aug 10, 2012 where does one start reading with slavoj zizek.
Ilya naymushinreuters lenin 2017, by slavoj zizek verso, 272 pp. Slavoj zizeks first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. The slovenian marxist philosopher and cultural critic is one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time. But, zizek argues in this new study and collection of original texts, lenins true greatness can be better grasped in the very last couple of. The best intro would definitely be zizek s how to read lacan.
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