290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Slavoj Zizek has emerged as the pre-eminent European cultural theorist of the last decade and has been described as the ultimate Marxist/Lacanian cultural studies scholar. His large and growing body of work has generated considerable controversy, yet his texts are not structured as standard academic tomes. In Slavoj Zizek: A Little Piece of the Real, Matthew Sharpe undertakes the difficult task of... Read more
Contents: Foreword; Introduction: locating Zizek as critical theorist. Part I Zizek's Theory Of Ideology: On Zizek's expanded notion of ideology; Western (European) modernity and its discontents. Part II The Philosophical Grounds Of Zizek's Social Theory: Lack in the other; Zizek's ticklish subject. Part III Immanent Critique: Does Zizek have a critical social theory of contemporary capitalism?; Taking sides: what is left in Zizek? (The abyss of freedom?). Bibliography; Index.
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Matthew Sharpe
'Matthew Sharpe's analysis of Zizek is not another introduction. To the contrary: it is a sustained critical engagement that places Zizek 's heterogeneous texts under the microscope of an immanent critique that is informed by an understanding of Western Marxism and German idealism.' Colloquy
