In absolute recoil, zizek offers a startling reformulation of the. Slavoj zizek and dialectical materialism agon hamza. The current book by adrian johnston continues his extensive engagement with the work of slavoj zizek, and so with the question of a proper statement of a contemporary dialectical materialism, an issue that for both of them hangs on a proper reading of hegels theoretical work. Slavoj zizek and dialectical materialism international journal of. May 22, 2012 in less than nothing, the product of a careerlong focus on the part of its author, slavoj zizek argues it is imperative we not simply return to hegel but that we repeat and exceed his triumphs, overcoming his limitations by being even more hegelian than the master himself.
Dialectical materialism vs the new physics download ebook. Slavoj zizek and dialectical materialism, palgrave macmillan us, 2016, 201, english, mb, pdf, link link link link. In less than nothing, the product of a careerlong focus on the part of its author, slavoj zizek argues it is imperative we not simply return to hegel but that we repeat and exceed his triumphs, overcoming his limitations by being even more hegelian than the master himself. In this major new work the leading philosopher slavoj zizek argues that philosophical materialism has failed to meet the key scientific, theoretical and political challenges of the modern world, from relativity theory and quantum physics to freudian psychoanalysis and the failure of twentiethcentury communism. This book is the first volume to bring together the most prominent scholars who work on slavoj i eks philosophy, examining and interrogating his understanding of dialectical materialism. Slavoj zizek, slovene philosopher and cultural theorist whose works addressed themes in psychoanalysis, politics, and popular culture. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For the last two centuries, western philosophy has developed in the shadow of hegel, whose influence each new thinker tries in vain to escape. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. It deserves to be thoroughly and systematically elaborated because it attempts to propose a new foundation for dialectical materialism. It deserves to be thoroughly and systematically elaborated because it attempts to.
In zizeks longawaited magnum opus, he theorizes the parallax gap in the ontological, the scientific, and the politicaland rehabilitates dialectical materialism. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism. Perhaps zizek s introduction of this topic, in first explaining how nothing is a type of something and that, therefore, the concept of less than nothing is possible, might remind one of the wearisome formulation at the beginning of black sabbaths record. To bring materialism up to date, zizek proposes a new foundation for dialectical materialism. Slavoj zizeks dialectical materialist marxism orca cardiff. Disparities explores contemporary negative philosophies from catherine malabous plasticity, julia kristevas abjection and robert. Toward the end of slavoj zizek and dialectical materialism, author and editor agon. It deserves to be thoroughly and systematically elaborated because it attempts to propose a new foundation for. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism pdf suggestions end users have not nevertheless remaining their. Hegel and the shadow of dialectical materialism kindle edition by slavoj zizek author format.
A brilliant collection of essays not only on zizek s most recent work, but on dialectical thought as such. There is no space for compromise here, no dialogue. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism until now with regards to the ebook weve absolute recoil. Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of science and nature developed in europe and based on the writings of karl marx and friedrich engels. Click download or read online button to get dialectical materialism vs the new physics book now. Slavoj zizek may be the most inventive modern philosopher within. Less than nothing was quite a surprise for me, who knew him as a buffoonish, selfdeprecating political commentator and a slick. Since 2012, he has published seven books, of which two are monumental. Marxist dialectics emphasizes the importance of realworld conditions, in terms of class, labor, and socioeconomic interactions. He argues that dialectical materialism is the only true philosophical inheritor of what hegel designates as the speculative approach of thought all other forms of materialism fail. Less than nothing is the most extensive book so far zizek written, and it may be the largest book that has ever been written on hegel. The broad compass of his theorizing, his deliberately provocative style, and his tendency to leaven his works with humor made him a popular figure in the western intellectual left. The parallax view is slavoj zizeks most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism as want to read.
Fabio vighi, professor of italian and critical theory and codirector of the i ek centre for ideology critique, cardiff university, uk. Hegel and the shadow of dialectical materialism 2012 and absolute recoil. Slavoj zizek and dialectical materialism edited by agon hamza and frank. Hamza writes, the only way to radicalize marx is to uncompromisingly. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism slavoj zizek verso, 444pp. Hegel and the shadow of dialectical materialism by slavoj zizek. This thesis offers a systematic account of zizeks dialectical materialist marxism that follows the development of his work from his initial lacanian critique of marxism and stalinist totalitarianism, to his attempt to develop a new form of communist politics including a conception of a communist utopia.
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The explicit aim of the book is to produce a serious engagement with the concept of the. Dialectical materialism is the philosophy of marxismleninism. Request pdf on jul 20, 2014, saman pushpakumara and others published slavoj zizek, less than nothing. These two aim at nothing less than a new foundation of dialectical materialism the subtitle of his present book, which follows less than nothing. The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but slavoj zizek 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. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Mar 17, 2020 slavoj zizek, slovene philosopher and cultural theorist whose works addressed themes in psychoanalysis, politics, and popular culture.
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