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Zizek and Politics: A Critical Introduction

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Description for Zizek and Politics: A Critical Introduction Hardback. A critical introduction to Slavoj Zizek's key areas of interest in politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.

This book provides students and experts alike with a new kind of introduction to Slavoj Zizek's political theory. Going beyond recounting Zizek's positions on ideology, capitalism, Leninism, Stalinism, fascism, and related matters, it offers readers an argumentative reconstruction of Zizek's ideas which places his prolific output in critical dialogue with political philosophy, critical theory, and the history of ideas.But this reconstruction is also a cautionary tale. It argues that Zizek, since 1995, has turned away from the Lacanian and Hegelian insights that made his first works so ground-breaking. Instead, Zizek and Politics examines how he has come to ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748638031
SKU
V9780748638031
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99-50

About Matthew Sharpe
Matthew Sharpe lectures in philosophy and psychoanalytic studies at Deakin University. He has published Slavoj Zizek: A Little Piece of the Real and is co-editor of Traversing the Fantasy: Critical Essays on Slavok ae'iae'ek (Ashgate 2005). He has also co-written on Australian politics in The Times Will Suit Them-Postmodern Conservatism in Australia (Allen & Unwin 2008) and is the author ... Read more

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