The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?

Zizek, Slavoj

ISBN 10: 1859843263 / ISBN 13: 9781859843260

Published by Verso, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?
• Publisher: Verso
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859843263
• ISBN 13: 9781859843260
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

With typical brio and boldness, Slavoj Žižek argues in The Fragile Absolute that the subversive core of the Christian legacy is much too precious to be left to the fundamentalists. Here is a fitting contribution from a Marxist to the 2000th anniversary of one who was well aware that to practice love in our world is to bring in the sword and fire.

About the Author

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, In Defense of Lost Causes, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.