Zizek and communist strategy : on the disavowed foundations of global capitalism / Chris McMillan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillan, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Žižek, Slavoj.

Psychoanalysis.

Communism.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?Good theory; bad politics - this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequences of Žižek's fundamental concepts, such as the Lacanian Real, universality and the communist hypothesis. He argues that Žižek's turn to Communism represents the ultimate significance of Žižek's work for the 21st century and a marked new direction for Žižekian theory.While Žižek's work attracts a lot of labels, most of

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Marxism after the Discursive Turn; 3 Jouissance and Politics; 4 Universality and the Trauma of the Real; 5 Žižek's Capitalism: What Can Sexual Difference Tell Us about New Forms of Apartheid?; 6 Žižek's Realpolitics; 7 The Communist Hypothesis: Žižekian Utopia or Utopian Fantasy?; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-10560-2

0-7486-4665-5

OCLC:

828793405