Its incredibly well written, so that any reasonably educated person can read it without struggling with arcane references and obscure terms. In 1990 he ran for presidency of the republic of slovenia and is currently the international director of the birkbeck institute for the humanities. He withdrew to a lonely place in switzerland, where he learned, learned, and learned, reading hegels logic. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, slavoj zizek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Its got some interesting things to say about politics, democracy, and capitalism, but theres some. Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur slavoj zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Like many of zizeks books, it covers a wide range of topics, including philosophy, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, politics, literature, and film. Big ideassmall books paperback july 22 2008 by slavoj zizek author 3. Violence by slavoj zizek, 9781846680274, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. His own critically acclaimed documentary, the perverts guide to cinema, was the subject of a film. His own critically acclaimed documentary, the perverts guide to cinema, was the subject of a film retrospective. This book was set in joanna and copperplate by graphic composition,inc.
Zizek is both breathtakingly perceptive and outrageously irresponsible. Short circuits includes bibliographical references p. By ben weiss in violence, popular political theorist, slavoj zizek, develops several notions for thinking about the contemporary world. We asked zizek which books on hegel inspired his writing. Six sideways reflections, a short book published last year by the trendy slovenian philosopher slavoj zizek forgive my leaving out the diacritical marks. The chronicle of higher education the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in europe for some decades. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, slavoj liiek examines the ways we perceive and misperceiv8 violence. If you just want more entertainment value and little quips of philosophical insight and so on, try one of his newer, shorter works, as i mentioned. Few thinkers illustrate the contradictions of contemporary capitalism better than the slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist slavoj zizek. He is the author of more than thirty books and is the subject of the documentary, zizek. The premise of zizek s theory is that the subjective violence we see violence with a clear identifiable agent is only the tip of an iceberg made up of systemic violence, which is essentially the catastrophic consequence of the smooth functioning of our economic and political systems. Download pdf slavoj zizek free online new books in. Sep 12, 2012 violence by slavoj zizek, 9781846680274, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Aug 10, 2012 violence 2008 will not give you a great overview of the world of zizek, but it does give a very good sense of his approach, style and challenging ideas.
Three inquiries in political theology, with a new preface, slavoj zizek, eric l. Jan 01, 2009 slavoj zizek is a slovenian sociologist, postmodern philosopher and cultural critic. Slavoj zizek is a senior researcher at the institute of sociology, university of ljubljana, slovenia, and has been a visiting professor at columbia university, princeton, and the new school. The paperback edition of living in the end times is now available from verso.
Both less than nothing and absolute recoil are major investigations of hegels thought. Slavoj zizek 1949 slavoj zizek is a slovenianborn political philosopher and cultural critic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, zizek brings new light to the paris riots of 2005. Jan 01, 2009 buy violence big ideas main by zizek, slavoj isbn.
He argues that violence can be categorized in three forms. We live in a world whose hegemonic ideology is one of respect for human rights, of the preservation of freedom and deference to the mores of the other. We need to learn, learn, and learn what causes this violence. Some of his books are welcome to the desert of the real 2002, violence 2008, less than nothing. The slovene philosopher in defense of lost causes, 2008, etc. The violent visions of slavoj zizek by john gray the.
Library of congress cataloginginpublication data z. Another great book from zizek, essential reading for any zizek fan, violence is a great book and an easy read, the last two chapters are my favourite part of the book. He is todays most controversial public intellectual. For zizek, following hegel, there is a certain violence that is inherent to discourse itself. In 1990 he ran for presidency of the republic of slovenia and is currently the international director of the centre for advanced studies in the humanities at birkbeck. Jul 22, 2008 philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur slavoj zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Apr 21, 2017 heres a video examining slavoj zizeks book violence in a bit more detail. He was described by british literary theorist, terry eagleton, as the most formidably brilliant recent theorist to have emerged from continental europe. The philosopher slavoj zizek says the collapse of the centreleft welfare state consensus has led to the global rise of the new right. Hegel and the shadow of dialectical materialism 2012, and the courage of hopelessness. Heres a video examining slavoj zizeks book violence in a bit more detail.
Apr 28, 2017 slavoj zizek in the perverts guide to cinema. Violence big ideassmall books kindle edition by zizek. Jan 11, 2008 the philosopher slavoj zizek enjoys a good joke. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, zizek brings new light to. Praise for author slavoj zizek the elvis of cultural theory. Jan 01, 2007 here is a slightly patronizing way of summarizing the methodology of slovenian philosopher, slavoj zizek. In his introduction, slavoj zizek starts off pandemic.
While complex philosophical discussions often appear esoteric to the general reader, zizeks work renders new insights into numerous global issues, from politics and trade to social movements and crosscultural exchanges. According to wikipedia he has published a total of 75 books since 1972 and he releases a new one, on average, every three or four monthsnot to mention an almost endless stream of articles and interviews. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, zizek brings new light. Six sideways reflections big ideassmall books paperback july 22, 2008 by slavoj zizek author 3. Channel 4 picture publicity that silly old sausage stalins problem was that he hoped for too much hence the terror, the gulag. And this is what we should do today when we find ourselves bombarded with mediatic images of violence. Slavoj zizeks virulent polemic against covid19, and. The parallax view 2006 is a work of critical theory by slavoj zizek. Here is a slightly patronizing way of summarizing the methodology of slovenian philosopher, slavoj zizek. It would be nice if julian baggini actually described the contents of zizek s book rather than merely commentating on zizek s style. I cannot recommend his 2008 book violence strongly enough. Dec 09, 2010 zizek argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. S l v o j z z e k is a senior researcher at the institute of sociology, university of ljubljana.
Santner, and kenneth reinhard is published by university of chicago press. Sep 12, 2012 discover book depositorys huge selection of slavoj zizek books online. One thing that never ceases to surprise the native ethical consciousness is how the very same people who commit terrible acts of violence towards their enemies can display warm humanity and gentle care for the members of their own group. He argues the left ceased to question the fundamentals of. Discover book depositorys huge selection of slavoj zizek books online. His own critically acclaimed documen tary, the perverts guide to cinema, was the subject of a film retrospective in 2007 at the museum of. Slavoj zizek, a maverick philosopher, is the author of over 30 books and has been acclaimed as both the elvis of cultural theory and the most dangerous philosopher in the west. You wont leave this book as a zizek expert but you will have a good sense of whether or not you will want to read more. Slavoj zizek is a slovenian sociologist, postmodern philosopher, and cultural critic. Slavoj zizek has been called one of the worlds best known public intellectuals. Slavoj zizek is one of my favorite contemporary philosophers. Oct 14, 2015 by ben weiss in violence, popular political theorist, slavoj zizek, develops several notions for thinking about the contemporary world. A little piece of the real, matthew sharpe undertakes the difficult task of drawing out an evolving argument from all of zizek s texts from 1989 to 2001, and reads them as the bearers of a single theoretical project, providing an authoritative, reliable, clearly written and wellstructured account of zizek s demanding body of work. The analysis of this form of violence makes up far more of the book than the analysis of systematic violence.