The Parallax View (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

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

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 Day After the Revolution (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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'

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

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,

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

Zizek on Race: Toward an Anti-Racist Future (Zalloua Zahi)(Paperback)

Slavoj Zizek's prolific comments on anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, scapegoating, popular nationalism, the refugee crisis, Eurocentrism, the War on Terror, neocolonialism, global justice, and rioting comprise a dizzying array of thinking. But what can we pull out of his various writings and

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