Zizek and Politics : A Critical Introduction

• Autore: Sharpe Matthew
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.092
• Soggetto topico: Political science -- Philosophy; Political science; Zizek, Slavoj; Political science - Philosophy; Political Science; Law, Politics & Government; Political Science Theory
• Altri autori: BoucherGeoff M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Expanded Contents List; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One Žižek; Chapter 1 Žižek and the Radical- Democratic Critique of Ideology; Chapter 2 Retrieving the Subject: Žižek's Theoretical Politics; Chapter 3 Did Žižek Say Democracy?; Inter- chapter Žižek's Vanishing Mediation; Part Two Žižek; Chapter 4 Postmodernity and the Society of Generalised Perversion; Chapter 5 Žižek's Vanguard Politics; Chapter 6 Religion and the Politics of Universal Truth; Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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-b
• Titolo autorizzato: Zizek and Politics
• ISBN: 1-282-62057-6; 9786612620577; 0-7486-4222-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813446803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II