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Absolute Recoil - Towards A New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Zizek
Category: Philosophy
At the outset of the twentieth century, Lenin argued that materialism has to change its form with each new scientific discovery. Today, argues Slavoj Zizek in this major new work, we should apply this stricture to Lenin himself. Philosophical materialism has not yet risen to the challenge of relativity ...Show more
Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours by Slavoj Zizek
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Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to escape war, violence and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Our response from our protected European standpoint, argues Slavoj Zizek, offers two versions of ideological blackmail: either we open our doors as widely as po ...Show more
Disparities by Slavoj Zizek
Category: Philosophy
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' philosoph ...Show more
Too Late to Awaken - What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future? by Slavoj Zizek
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The most provocative philosopher of our times returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicamentWe hear all the time that it's five minutes to global doomsday, so now is our last chance to avert disaster. But what if the only way to prevent a catastrophe is to assume that it ...Show more
Violence (Big Ideas) by Slavoj Zizek
Category: Philosophy | Series: Big Ideas
Zizek 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 like Marx, Engel and Lacan, as well as frequent references to popular culture, he examines the real causes of violent outbrea ...Show more
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