Zizek and Communist Strategy On the Disavowed Foundations of Global Capitalism

Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?Good theory; bad politics - this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequen...

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Autor principal: McMillan, Chris (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?Good theory; bad politics - this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequences of Žižek's fundamental concepts, such as the Lacanian Real, universality and the communist hypothesis. He argues that Žižek's turn to Communism represents the ultimate significance of Žižek's work for the 21st century and a marked new direction for Žižekian theory. While Žižek's work attracts a lot of labels, most of.
Descripción Física:217 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780748646654
9780748655489
9781299105607