The Universal Exception

Zizek, Slavoj

ISBN 10: 0826495303 / ISBN 13: 9780826495303

Published by Continuum, London, 2007

About this Item

8vo, 387 pp., Edited by Rex Butler and Scott Stephens.

Seller Inventory # 081205

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Universal Exception
• Publisher: Continuum, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826495303
• ISBN 13: 9780826495303
• Binding: softcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

The Universal Exception is the second volume of the selected writings of Slavoj Žižek-one of the most provocative and inspiring writers on culture at work today.


Bringing together a broad selection of Žižek's major writings on politics, The Universal Exception showcases Zizek's formidable range of interests and his style. The book includes his interventions on such world political events as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the American-led invasion of Iraq, his celebration of the revolutionary potential of Stalinism, and his critique of Third Way politics.


Together with Interrogating the Real, the first volume of Žižek's selected writings, this collection offers a superb introduction to the work of this prolific, controversial and vastly entertaining cultural commentator.

About the Authors

Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, USA, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Rex Butler is Professor of Art History at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His previous publications include Jean Baudrillard: The Defence of the Real (1999).

Scott Stephens is Researcher at the Centre for Theology and Politics, Brisbane, Australia.