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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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,

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Dialectic of Duration (Bachelard Gaston)(Paperback)

In The Dialectic of Duration Gaston Bachelard addresses the nature of time in response to the writings of his great contemporary, Henri Bergson. The work is motivated by a refutation of Bergson's notion of duration - 'lived time', experienced as continuous. For Bachelard, experienced time is

Dialectic of Enlightenment (Horkheimer Max)(Paperback)

Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. 'What we had set out to do,' the authors write in the Preface,

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,