Slavoj zizek slavoj zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the elvis of cultural theory, and todays most controversial public intellectual. Postpolitics refers to the critique of the emergence, in the postcold war period, of a politics of consensus on a global scale. The lonely londoners, written at a pivotal moment of imperial decline, offers a valuable perspective on the experience of colonial immigration to england and the accompanying complications of race and sexuality it wrought as well as theories of resistance. His mother has volunteered the family to help build, as a reporter has dubbed it, the last bomb shelter of the cold war. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The absent centre of political ontology, by slavoj zizek. The work of slavoj zizek has become an essential reference point for debates concerning the future of left radical thought and practice.
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Five interventions in the misuse of a notion, verso, 2002, pdf. It is a forum for scholars from a variety of disciplines to exchange ideas in innovative ways. The absent centre of political ontology, new york and london. Political studies books political studies books 20000901 00. By drawing on the circumspection of recent theorists, this article goes beyond the sort. The cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction by bran nicol. The absent centre of political ontology, this negative subject concept is brought to bear on the issue of the ethical act a political act transgressing the rules of the established social order. In this book slavoj i ek unearths a subversive core to this elusive specter, and finds within it the indispensable philosophical point of reference for any genuinely emancipatory project. The dichotomy of politicization vs depoliticization originated as a response to the idea of the arrival of a postideological era when the victory of capitalism and liberal democracy over its counterparts put forward the belief in a universal rational consensus, with experts reconciling conflicting interests and values through impartial procedures and. Alain badiou and the event paul to whom these figures are turning is a radical, subversive thinker of the unthinkable, a new resource in a context where the political left, as terry eagleton notes, stands in dire need of good ideas. Gripped with amorefor 18year old ben oneill, being cool is hard to do. The deadlock oftranscendental imagination, or, martin heidegger as areader ofkant 2 the hegelian ticklish subject part ii the split universality 3 the politics oftruth, or, alain badiou as areader ofst paul 4 political subjectivization and its vicissitudes part iii from subjection. The absent centre of political ontology t h e ticklish subject the absent centre o f political ontology slavoj zizek v verso london new.
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In this lecture slavoj zizek discusses the status of the subject, transcendental phenomenal existence, the difference between act and event, the. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Political studies books 2000 political studies wiley. The absent centre of political ontology, this negative subjectconcept is brought to bear on the issue of the ethical act a political act transgressing the rules of. A specter is haunting western thought, the specter of the cartesian subject. Freud, lacan, and the oedipus complex semantic scholar. Political theory molly cochran, normative theory in international relations.
The ticklish subject is first and foremost an engaged political intervention, addressing the burning question of how to reformulate a leftist project in an era of global capitalism and its ideological supplement, liberaldemocratic multiculturalism. Absent centre of political ontology wo es war new edition by slavoj zizek isbn. We thank the commentators at these events nathan coombs, patrick hayden, tony lang and nick rengger for. In this book slavoj zizek unearths a subversive core to this elusive specter, and finds within it the indispensable philosophical point of reference for any genuinely emancipatory project.
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