Finkelde, Dominik
Zizek Responds!
- ISBN 13:
- 9781350328938
- author:
- Finkelde, Dominik
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Responses to Slavoj Žižek's work have been varied and often extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism, while others have praised his genius as a public intellectual. This makes it challenging to find a nuanced or interesting critical appraisal of his philosophy.
Žižek Responds! brings together philosophers and theorists who engage with Žižek's ideas to explore their implications, conceptual problems, and unrealized potential. The book offers a unique insight into how Žižek might explain and clarify some of his most controversial concepts.
This collection is essential reading for both those who admire Žižek's work and those who critique it. It provides an introduction to his key concepts and sheds new light on his thoughts on the criticisms of his philosophy.