Absolute Recoil: Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Absolute Recoil: Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Philosophical materialism in all its forms - from scientific naturalism to Deleuzian New Materialism - has failed to meet the key theoretical and political challenges of the modern world. This is the burden of philosopher Slavoj Žižek's argument in this pathbreaking and eclectic new work

Sex and the Failed Absolute (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

In the most rigorous articulation of his philosophical system to date, Slavoj Zizek provides nothing short of a new definition of dialectical materialism. In forging this new materialism, Zizek critiques and challenges not only the work of Alain Badiou, Robert Brandom, Joan Copjec, Quentin

Conversations with Zizek (Žižek Slavoj)(Paperback)

In this new book, Slavoj Zizek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of Zizek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and

Courage of Hopelessness - Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

The Sublime Object of Ideology (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Slavoj Žižek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the 'Elvis of cultural theory', and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular

Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Introducing Slavoj Zizek: A Graphic Guide (Want Christopher)(Paperback)

Dubbed The Elvis of Philosophy, Slavoj Zizeck is both a serious revolutionary and an absurdist prankster, published in academic journals and Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs. Besides his work on popular culture, Zizek is concerned with politics and ideology. Introducing Slavoj Zizek reveals a

Like A Thief In Broad Daylight - Power in the Era of Post-Humanity (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj Zizek shows how the answer is already stealing into sight, like a thief in broad daylight. What we must do is wake up and see it.'In a world determined

Ticklish Subject - The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

Slavoj Žižek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the 'Elvis of cultural theory,' and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular

The Plague of Fantasies (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Modern audiovisual media have spawned a 'plague of fantasies', electronically inspired phantasms that cloud the ability to reason and prevent a true understanding of a world increasingly dominated by abstractions--whether those of digital technology or the speculative market. Into this arena,

Disparities (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj Zizek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated. Disparities explores contemporary 'negative'

Antigone (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity (more important than all political struggles). But is she really so innocent and pure? What if there is a dark side to

God in Pain: Inversions of Apocalypse (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjevic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and

The Year of Dreaming Dangerously (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world's racist populists in places as far

The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

A militant Marxist atheist and a 'Radical Orthodox' Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia.'What matters is not so much that Zizek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as

In Defense of Lost Causes (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In fear of the horrors of totalitarianism should we submit ourselves to a miserable third way of economic liberalism and government-as-administration? In this major new work, philosophical sharpshooter

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

The leading philosopher of our time tackles the demise of liberalism, from the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown. Billions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilization. So why has it not been possible to bring the

The Fatimid Empire (Brett Michael)(Paperback)

From its foundation at the beginning of the tenth to its final disappearance towards the end of the twelfth century, the Fatimid Empire played a central but controversial role in the history of Islam. This book combines the separate histories of Isma'ilism, North Africa and Egypt with that of the

Another Now - Dispatches from an Alternative Present from the no. 1 bestselling author (Varoufakis Yanis)(Paperback / softback)

'One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope' Slavoj Zizek Imagine a world with no banks. No stock market. No tech giants. No billionaires. Imagine if Occupy and Extinction Rebellion actually won. In Another Now world-famous economist, Yanis Varoufakis,

Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them

Towards a New Manifesto (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of 'critical theory', Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had resulted in fascism and totalitarianism. Towards a New Manifesto shows the two philosophers in a uniquely spirited and

Marx (Tm)S Ecology: Materialism and Nature (Foster John Bellamy)(Paperback)

Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This startling new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis. Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about industrial growth and the development

Speculative Grammatology: Deconstruction and the New Materialism (Goldgaber Deborah)(Paperback)

Looking mainly at Derrida's early work and the philosophy of speculative realists Karen Barad, Catherine Malabou and Quentin Meillassoux, Deborah Goldgaber opens the conversation between deconstruction and speculative realism

Out of the Wreckage (Monbiot George)(Paperback)

A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politics--offering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a 'good' society can be--in this 'dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people' (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine) What does the good