Žižek now : current perspectives in Žižek studies / edited by Jamil Khader and Molly Anne Rothenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khader, Jamil, 1967-

Rothenberg, Molly Anne, 1952-

Series:

Theory now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Žižek, Slavoj--Criticism and interpretation.

Žižek, Slavoj.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2013.

Summary:

Arguably the most prolific and widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into a number of disciplines in the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Although his work has been the subject of many volumes of searching criticism and commentary, there is no assessment to date of the value of his work for the development of these disciplines. Zizek Now brings together distinguished critics to explore the utility and far-ranging implications of Zizek's thought and provide an evaluation of the difference his work makes or promises to make in their chosen fields. As such, the volume offers chapters on quantum physics and Zizek's transcendentalist materialist theory of the subject, Hegel's absolute, materialist Christianity, postcolonial violence, eco-politics, ceremonial acts, and the postcolonial revolutionary subject. Contributors to the volume include Adrian Johnston, Ian Parker, Todd McGowan, Bruno Bosteels, Erik Vogt, Verena Andermatt Conley, Joshua Ramey, Jamil Khader, and Zizek himself. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Zizek Now or Never: Ideological Critique and, the Nothingness of Being / Jamil Khader Khader, Jamil 3

1 Zizek's Sublime Objects Now / Ian Parker Parker, Ian 16

Part 2

2 Hegel as Marxist: Zizek's Revision of German Idealism / Todd McGowan McGowan, Todd 31

3 Zizek and Christianity: Or the Critique of Religion after Marx and Freud / Bruno Bosteels Bosteels, Bruno 54

4 Ceremonial Contingencies and the Ambiguous Rites of Freedom / Joshua Ramey Ramey, Joshua 84

Part 3

5 A Critique of Natural Economy: Quantum Physics with Zizek / Adrian Johnston Johnston, Adrian 103

6 Slavoj Zizek's Eco-Chic / Verena Andermatt Conley Conley, Verena Andermatt 121

7 Zizek and Fanon: On Violence and Related Matters / Erik Vogt Vogt, Erik 140

8 Zizek's Infidelity: Lenin, the National Question, and the Postcolonial Legacy of Revolutionary Internationalism / Jamil Khader Khader, Jamil 159

Part 4

9 King, Rabble, Sex, and War in Hegel / Slavoj Zizek Zizek, Slavoj 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745653709

0745653707

0745653715

9780745653716

OCLC:

806492151