Event - Philosophy in Transit (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

Event - Philosophy in Transit (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

An Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love. This book examines the new and highly-contested concept of

Slavoj Zizek (Myers Tony)(Paperback)

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

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

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)

Hegel in a Wired Brain (Zizek Slavoj)(Pevná vazba)

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of G.W.F. Hegel, Slavoj Zizek gives us a reading of the philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about our new posthuman era. No ordinary study of Hegel, Hegel in a Wired Brain investigates what he might have had to say about the idea

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

The Day After the Revolution (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Against the Double Blackmail - Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

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

Violence (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes of violent outbreaks like those seen in Israel and

The Parallax View (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

In Zizek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the 'parallax gap' in the ontological, the scientific, and the political--and rehabilitates dialectical materialism.The Parallax View is Slavoj Zizek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Zizek himself describes it as his

Mapping Ideology (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

For a long time, the term 'ideology' was in disrepute, having become associated with such unfashionable notions as fundamental truth and the eternal verities. The tide has turned, and recent years have seen a revival of interest in the questions that ideology poses to social and cultural theory,

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

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

Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology (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

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

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

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,

On Practice and Contradiction (Tse-Tung Mao)(Paperback)

The writings that underpinned the Chinese revolution, introduced by Slavoj Zizek These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions, and Mao's clarion call to insurrection has lost none of its ability to stir the blood and stimulate the mind. Drawing on a dizzying array of

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'