Zizek and Politics: A Critical Introduction - Hardcover

Sharpe, Matthew; Boucher, Geoff M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748638032 ISBN 13: 9780748638031

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2010

Synopsis

In Zizek and Politics, Geoff Boucher and Matthew Sharpe go beyond standard introductions to spell out a new approach to reading Zizek, one that can be highly critical as well as deeply appreciative. They show that Zizek has a raft of fundamental positions that enable his theoretical positions to be put to work on practical problems. Explaining these positions with clear examples, they outline why Zizek's confrontation with thinkers such as Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze has so radically changed how we think about society. They then go on to track Zizek's own intellectual development during the last twenty years, as he has grappled with theoretical problems and the political climate of the War on Terror. This book is a major addition to the literature on Zizek and a crucial critical introduction to his thought.

About this title

About the Author:

Matthew Sharpe is Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the Deakin University Geoff M. Boucher is Lecturer in Literary Studies and Psychoanalytic Studies at the Deakin University

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0748638032
• ISBN 13: 9780748638031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264