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Hardcover
Published: 20th April 2006
ISBN: 9780826471093
Number Of Pages: 362
The Universal Exception is the second volume of the collected key writings of Slavoj Ž iž ek--one of the most provocative and inspiring writers on culture at work today. Collecting together a broad selection of Ž iž zek major writings on politics. The Universal Exception showcases Ž iž ek's formidable range of interests and his style. The book includes his writings on such rightwing icons as Ayn Rand and Leni Riefenstahl; his take on the logic of capitalism and the condition of contemporary radical politics; and his views on major current global issues and events, including the Iraq war. Together with Interrogating the Real, the first volume of Ž iž ek's selected writings, this collection offers a superb introduction to the work of this prolific, controversial, and vastly entertaining cultural commentator.
"'The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in some decades.' Terry Eagleton 'One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left.' TLS The Universal Exception is the second volume of the collected key writings of Slavoj Zizek - one of the most provocative and inspiring writers on culture at work today."
| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| Editors' introduction: Slavoj Zizek's 'third way' | p. 1 |
| The absent 'second way' | p. 13 |
| Eastern European liberalism and its discontents | p. 13 |
| Why we all love to hate Haider | p. 33 |
| Heiner Muller out of joint | p. 42 |
| Really existing socialism | p. 63 |
| Why are Laibach and the Neue Slowenische Kunst not Fascists? | p. 63 |
| The fetish of the party | p. 67 |
| Georg Lukacs as the philosopher of Leninism | p. 94 |
| Prolegomena to a theory of Kolkhoz musicals | p. 124 |
| Attempts to escape the logic of capitalism | p. 137 |
| Really existing capitalism | p. 151 |
| Multiculturalism, or, the cultural logic of multinational capitalism | p. 151 |
| A leftist plea for 'Eurocentrism' | p. 183 |
| A plea for 'passive aggressivity' | p. 209 |
| The three faces of Bill Gates | p. 227 |
| The prospects of radical politics today | p. 237 |
| What is (not) to be done | p. 259 |
| Against the double blackmail | p. 259 |
| Welcome to the desert of the Real | p. 267 |
| The Iraq War - where is the true danger? | p. 289 |
| Author's afterword: Where do we stand today? | p. 304 |
| Glossary | p. 327 |
| Index | p. 354 |
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ISBN: 9780826471093
ISBN-10: 0826471099
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 362
Published: 20th April 2006
Publisher: CONTINUUM
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.68 x 13.97
x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.5
Edition Number: 1
