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Slavoj Žižek
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  • Butler, Rex. Slavoj Žižek – Live Theory. London and New York: Continuum,

    A sophisticated chronological account of Žižek’s philosophy and its overall goal in terms of the function of the master-signifier in the ideological field.

    Examines the master-signifier, through which the ideological construction of reality is presented as a seamless whole, in relation to the object a as a stand in for the Real and their relationship to the political act.

    Slavoj zizek biography of christopher paul Just consider how much capitalism has changed the entire texture of our societies in the past decades. He is a lover of paradox, and believes strongly in what Hegel called 'the labour of the negative' though taking the idea, as always, one stage further towards the brick wall of paradox. In the case of Lacan, that philosopher's work relied on psychology—a suspect science from a collectivist point of view because of its preoccupation with the self and the individual mind. Archived from the original on 17 May

    Contains a useful chapter on Žižek’s debate with Judith Butler and Ernesto Laclau and a live interview with Žižek.

  • Kay, Sarah. Žižek: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Polity,

    An advanced introduction to Žižek as the “philosopher of the Real.” Examines the manifestation of the Real in the cultural field, sexual difference, the ethics of psychoanalysis, and the political act.

    Shows that the value and importance of Žižek’s ideas must be understood in the overall context of his egalitarian politics and his rejection of cynical postmodernism.

    Slavoj zizek biography of christopher By that time Zizek had emerged as something of an expert on Lacan, and as the leader of a group of so-called Ljubljana Lacanians, contributing to a level of familiarity with Lacan in Slovenia that perhaps exceeded even that in France itself. Retrieved 5 February Category Index. Documentary filmmaker Astra Taylor, who made a film about Zizek, told Reyhan Harmaci of the San Francisco Chronicle that Zizek seems "to make intellectualism exciting and fun and vital in a climate of anti-intellectualism.

    Provides a useful glossary of major Žižekian terms.

  • Kul-Want, Christopher, and Piero. Introducing Slavoj Žižek: A Graphic Guide. London: Icon Books,

    A brief graphic illustration of Žižek’s political thought through his analysis of the underlying ideological causes of the world’s crises and catastrophes.

    Illuminates Žižek’s position on the ecology, poverty, consumerism, Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism, and the law through the Hegelian notion of incomplete reality.

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    • Presents the liberating aspect of his philosophy in relation to the struggle for the commons, immoral (authentic) forms of ethics, and revolutionary ethics.

  • Myers, Tony. Slavoj Žižek. Routledge Critical Thinkers. London and New York: Routledge,

    A clearly written and accessible introduction to Žižek’s work for the uninitiated through an examination of the questions of identity and subjectivity that bind his work together.

    Slavoj zizek biography of christopher columbus The Independent. Presents the liberating aspect of his philosophy in relation to the struggle for the commons, immoral authentic forms of ethics, and revolutionary ethics. Ideology [ edit ]. London: Routledge.

    Offers a concise explanation of Žižek’s debt to Hegel, Marx, and Lacan and analyzes the political and ethical implications of the subject in its different hegemonic forms, including postmodern, ideological, gendered, or ethnic identities or subjects. A “Further Reading” chapter offers brief summaries of Žižek’s major individually authored books in English.

  • Parker, Ian.

    Slavoj Žižek – A Critical Introduction. London: Pluto Press,

    A polemical introduction to the intellectual sources of Žižek’s work (Hegel, Lacan, and Marx). Provides a useful biographical context for understanding Žižek and explains how the key concepts of each theory (history, subject, politics) relate to each other and why they are important to understanding Žižek’s work.

    Offers a useful summary of the existing critical responses to Žižek and the objections to his heterodox readings of Hegel, Marx, and Lacan.

  • Pound, Marcus. Žižek: A (Very) Critical Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. Eerdmans,

    A comprehensive and systematic introduction to Žižek’s work for religious studies scholars that examines theological motif and themes in Žižek’s philosophical thought, psychoanalytic theory, and politics.

    Slavoj zizek biography of christopher cross References [ edit ]. Because she is a cold warrior, and so on, connected with banks, pretending to be socially progressive. In any event, Zizek repaid his university's investment by bringing international intellectual attention to tiny Slovenia. Tikkun , January-February

    Scrutinizes Žižek’s repeated references to Christ, Job, Saint Paul via Alain Badiou’s theory of the political act, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity in terms of Lacan’s formulae of sexuation. Explores the implications of Žižek’s work on enjoyment to anti-Semitism in the context of interreligious relations.

  • Sheehan, Sean.

    Žižek: A Guide for the Perplexed. London and New York: Continuum,

    A concise introduction to Žižek’s thought for the general reader through an easy and accessible explication of the major sources (Lacanian psychoanalysis, German Idealism, and Communism) that shaped his philosophy. Places Žižek’s thought in the larger context of these sources.

    References German Idealism beyond Hegel and relates Žižek’s Marxism to Lenin, Mao, Christianity in general, and Saint Paul in particular.

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    • Provides succinct summaries of varying lengths mainly of Žižek’s single-authored books in English.

  • Wood, Kelsey. Žižek: A Reader’s Guide. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell,

    A lucid and comprehensive guidebook that provides book-by-book chapter summaries for Žižek’s single-authored books in English.

    An introductory chapter defines his key Hegelian and Lacanian terms (Absolute Knowledge, the Other, the split subject, fantasy, enjoyment, ideology, belief, the ethics of the Real, etc.) and outlines his major contributions to the discipline of traditional philosophy. Provides detailed summaries for twenty-four books and discusses the importance of the concept of singular universality to Žižek’s politics.