slavoj zizek, 2

The latest book by the Slovenian critic Slavoj Zizek takes the work of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze as the beginning of a dazzling inquiry into t

Without psychoanalysing philosophy, this title explores the vicissitudes of the cogito and shows that psychoanalyses can render visible a constitutive

The first volume of The Idea of Communism followed the 2009 London conference called in response to Alain Badiou's 'communist hypothesis', where an al

The very successful first volume followed the 2009 conference called in response to Alain Badiou's "communist hypothesis," where an all-star cast of r

Slavoj Žižek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about our new posthuman era. No ordinary study of Hegel,

With a new introduction by the author In this deliciously polemical work, a giant of cultural theory immerses himself in the ideas of a giant of Fr

A spectre is haunting Western thought, the specter of the Cartesian subject. This book unearths a subversive core to this elusive spectre.

Jacques Lacan developed his ideas in dialogue with major European thought and art. Yet what if there is another frame of reference which influenced hi

What is the basis for belief in an era when globalisation, multiculturalism and big business is the new religion? Renowned philosopher and irrepressib

An essay by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, with an English translation of Schelling's beautiful and evocative Ages of the World, second draft

One of our best-known living philosophers Guardian How do we respond to the refugee crisis - by opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge? Both

Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help o

Challenges the contemporary critique of ideology, and in doing so opens the way for a new understanding of social conflict, particularly the recent ou

Combines Schelling with popular film for a study of modern life.

In dit met veel vaart en humor geschreven nieuwe werk gaat iek terug naar de fundamenten van zijn filosofie. Hij onderzoekt de gebeurtenis in de ware

A disturbing and radical examination of the status of women and the role of violence in contemporary culture and politics.

We are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom. The conce

Responding to the ongoing “objectal turn” throughout contemporary humanities and social sciences, the eleven essays in Subject Lessons present a susta