Slavoj Žižek : a little piece of the real / Matthew Sharpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpe, Matthew, 1975-

Series:

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Žižek, Slavoj.

Physical Description:

xvii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Introduction: Locating Zizek as Critical Theorist 1

Part I Zizek's Theory of Ideology

1 On Zizek's Expanded Notion of Ideology 23

2 Western (European) Modernity and Its Discontents 55

Part II The Philosophical Grounds of Zizek's Social Theory

3 Lack in the Other 99

4 Zizek's Ticklish Subject 126

Part III Immanent Critique

5 Does Zizek Have a Critical Social Theory of Contemporary Capitalism? 171

6 Taking Sides: What is Left in Zizek? (The Abyss of Freedom?) 215.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0754639185

OCLC:

53797140