Disparities / Slavoj éZiézek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

éZiézek, Slavoj, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Negativity (Philosophy).

Dialectical materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages)

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc, 2020.

Summary:

The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj éZiézek 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' philosophies from Catherine Malabou's plasticity, Julia Kristeva's abjection and Robert Pippin's self-consciousness to the God of negative theology, new realisms and post-humanism and draws a radical line under them. Instead of establishing a dialogue with these other ideas of disparity, Slavoj éZiézek wants to establish a definite departure, a totally different idea of disparity based on an imaginative dialectical materialism. This notion of rupturing what has gone before is based on a provocative reading of how philosophers can, if they're honest, engage with each other. Slavoj éZiézek borrows Alain Badiou's notion that a true idea is the one that divides. Radically departing from previous formulations of negativity and disparity, éZiézek employs a new kind of negativity: namely positing that when a philosopher deals with another philosopher, his or her stance is never one of dialogue, but one of division, of drawing a line that separates truth from falsity.

Contents:

Part one. The disparity of truth: subject, object and the rest

Part two. The disparity of beauty: the ugly, the abject and the minimal difference

Part three. The disparity of the good: towards a materialist negative theology.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474272735

1474272738

9781474272711

1474272711

OCLC:

1201426876