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The Fragile Absolute
Slavoj Žižek
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Description for The Fragile Absolute
Paperback. Argues that the subversive core of the Christian legacy is much too precious to be left to the fundamentalists. This book also argues that the foundation of a politics of universal emancipation can be found in St Paul, finding an unlikely ally in the reinvention of a twenty first century Marxism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
One of the signal features of our era is the re-emergence of the 'sacred' in all its different guises, from New Age paganism to the emerging religious sensitivity within cultural and political theory.
The wager of Zizek's The Fragile Absolute - published here with a new preface by the author - is that Christianity and Marxism can fight together against the contemporary onslought of vapid spiritualism. The revolutionary core of the Christian legacy is too precious to be left to the fundamentalists.
One of the signal features of our era is the re-emergence of the 'sacred' in all its different guises, from New Age paganism to the emerging religious sensitivity within cultural and political theory.
The wager of Zizek's The Fragile Absolute - published here with a new preface by the author - is that Christianity and Marxism can fight together against the contemporary onslought of vapid spiritualism. The revolutionary core of the Christian legacy is too precious to be left to the fundamentalists.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
157
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844673025
SKU
V9781844673025
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About Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less ... Read more
Reviews for The Fragile Absolute
Righteously to battle the tsunami of postmodern spiritual mush, Zizek attempts a reconciliation between Marxism and Christianity, eccentrically (against Nietzsche) trying to recuperate St Paul for the radical Christian.
Guardian
Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.
The New Yorker
This is a subtle argument ... Zizek applies ... Read more
Guardian
Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.
The New Yorker
This is a subtle argument ... Zizek applies ... Read more