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Books by Slavoj Zizek
  | | Living in the End Times(4th Edition) by Slavoj Zizek Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2010 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-598-2, ISBN: 1-84467-598-X "There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. Slavoj iek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and exploding social divisions and ruptures. But, he asks, if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face ..." |
 | | In Defense of Lost Causes(Reprint) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek Paperback, 530 Pages, Published 2009 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-429-9, ISBN: 1-84467-429-0 "Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In this combative major new work, philosophical sharpshooter Slavoj A iA ek takes on the reigning ideology with a plea that we should reappropriate several lost causes, and looks for the kernel of truth in the totalitarian politics of the past. Examining Heidegger's seduction by fascism and Foucault's flirtation with the Iranian Revolution, he s ..." |
 | | On Belief(1st Edition) (Thinking in Action) by Slavoj Zizek, Michael Lewis, Slavoj IEk Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-25532-5, ISBN: 0-415-25532-5 "What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book.From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is 'Western Buddhism', On Belief gets behind the contours of the way we normally think about belief, in particular Judaism and Christianity. Holding ..." |
 | | First as Tragedy, Then as Farce(1st Edition) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek Paperback, 158 Pages, Published 2009 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-428-2, ISBN: 1-84467-428-2 "From the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown.Billions of dollars have been hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilization. So why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis? In this take-no-prisoners analysis, Slavoj Zizek frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events o ..." |
 | | A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name(1st Edition) 34 Untimely Interventions by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj I. Ek, Slavoj ÂIâEk, Slavoj Aiaek Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2020 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4118-8, ISBN: 1-5095-4118-7 "With irrepressible humor, Slavoj iek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint. Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms m ..." |
 | | Zizek's Jokes(Reprint) (MIT Press): (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?) (The MIT Press) by Audun Mortensen, Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2018 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-53530-4, ISBN: 0-262-53530-0 "Žižek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy."A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."―Ludwig WittgensteinThe good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Žižekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Žižek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to certain philosophical, political, and sexual themes that preocc ..." |
 | | Event(1st Edition) Philosophy in Transit by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek, Slavoj IEk, Slavoj Eiuek Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Penguin Books Ltd International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-626-8, ISBN: 1-84614-626-7 "Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Žižek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible philosophy What is really happening when something happens? In the second in a new series of accessible, commute-length books of original thought, Slavoj Žižek, one of the world's greatest living philosophers, examines the new and highly-contested concept of Event. An Event can be an occurr ..." |
 | | The Year of Dreaming Dangerously(1st Edition) by Slavoj Zizek, Michel Eltchaninoff, Slavoj Iek, Slavoj IEk Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2012 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-042-1, ISBN: 1-78168-042-6 "The renowned philosopher finds a utopian future in worldwide protests.Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world’s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the ..." |
 | | Philosophy in the Present(1st Edition) by Pro Alain Badiou, Slavoj Zizek, Peter Engelmann, Alberto Toscano, Peter Thomas, Prof Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj I. Ek, Alain/ Zizek Badiou Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2009 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4097-6, ISBN: 0-7456-4097-4 "Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy interfere in the world? Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou, philosophy is nothing but interference and commitment and will not be restrained by academic discipline. Philosophy is strange and new, and yet speaks in the name of all - as Badiou shows with his theory of universality. Similarly, Zizek believ ..." |
 | | In Defense of Lost Causes(1st Edition) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek Hardcover, 504 Pages, Published 2008 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-108-3, ISBN: 1-84467-108-9 "Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In fear of the horrors of totalitarianism should we submit ourselves to a miserable third way of economic liberalism and government-as-administration?In this major new work, philosophical sharpshooter Slavoj iek takes on the reigning ideology with a plea that we should re-appropriate several ‘lost causes,’ and look for the kernel of truth in t ..." |
 | | The Indivisible Remainder(1st Edition) On Schelling and Related Matters (Radical Thinkers) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Iek Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2007 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-581-4, ISBN: 1-84467-581-5 "The maverick philosopher combines Schelling with popular film for a fascinating study of modern life.The feature which distinguishes the great works of materialist thought, from Lucretius’ De rerum natura through Capital to the writings of Lacan, is their unfinished character: again and again they tackle their chosen problem. Schelling’s Weltalter drafts belong to this same series, with their repeated attempt at the formulation of the ..." |
 | | Trouble in Paradise(3rd Edition) Communism After The End Of History by Prof. Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Žižek, And#X17d, Iand#X17e, Slavoj Ek Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 2014 by Allen Lane International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-241-00496-8, ISBN: 0-241-00496-9 "In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Žižek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism. There is obviously trouble in the global capitalist paradise. But why do we find it so difficult to imagine a way out of the crisis we're in? It is as if the trouble feeds on itself: the march of capitalism has become inexorable, the only game ..." |
 | | Looking Awry(Reprint) An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture (October Books) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj I. Ek, Leah Dickerman, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Slavoj IEk Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 1992 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-74015-9, ISBN: 0-262-74015-X "Slavoj Zizek, a leading intellectual in the new social movements that are sweeping Eastern Europe, provides a virtuoso reading of Jacques Lacan. Zizek inverts current pedagogical strategies to explain the difficult philosophical underpinnings of the French theoretician and practician who revolutionized our view of psychoanalysis. He approaches Lacan through the motifs and w ..." |
 | | Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World (Hardback) by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj I. Ek, Slavoj Âiâek Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 2020 by Polity Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4610-7, ISBN: 1-5095-4610-3 "As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its ..." |
 | | Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World (Paperback) by Slavoj Zizek Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 2020 by Polity Press, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4611-4, ISBN: 1-5095-4611-1 "As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its ..." |
 | | Against the Double Blackmail(1st Edition) Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours by Slavoj Zizek, And#X17d, Iand#X17e, Slavoj Ek Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin Press International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-241-27884-0, ISBN: 0-241-27884-8 "Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to escape war, violence and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Our response from our protected European standpoint, argues Slavoj Zizek, offers two versions of ideological blackmail: either we open our doors as widely as possible; or we try to pull up the drawbridge. Both solutions are bad, states Zizek. They merely prolong the problem, rather than tackling ..." |
 | | Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbors Against the Double Blackmail by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj IEk Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Melville House ISBN-13: 978-1-61219-624-4, ISBN: 1-61219-624-1 "Called "the Elvis of cultural theory""" by "The New York Times, "popular philosopher and leftist rabble-rouser Slavoj Zizek, looks at one of the most desperate situations of our time: the current refugee crisis overwhelming Europe. In this short yet stirring book, Zizek argues that accepting all comers or blocking all entry are both untenable solutions... but there is a third option. Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to ..." |
 | | Absolute Recoil(Reprint) Towards A New Foundation Of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Eziezek, Slavoj IEk, Slavoj Iek Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2015 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-199-6, ISBN: 1-78478-199-1 "Philosophical materialism in all its forms - from scientific naturalism to Deleuzian New Materialism - has failed to meet the key theoretical and political challenges of the modern world. This is the burden of philosopher Slavoj Žižek's argument in this pathbreaking and eclectic new work. Recent history has seen developments such as quantum physics and Freudian psychoanalysis, not to speak of the failure of twentieth-century communism, ..." |
 | | Demanding the Impossible(1st Edition) by Slavoj Zizek, Yong-June Park, Slavoj A12ia34ek, Slavoj Eziezek, Slavoj IEk, Slavoj ZiâEk Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-7229-8, ISBN: 0-7456-7229-9 "Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book captures Zizek at his irrepressible best, elucidating such topics as the uprisings of the Arab Spring, the global financial crisis, populism in Latin America, the rise of China and even the riddle of North Korea. Zizek dazzles readers with his analyses of Hollywood films, Venezuelan police re ..." |
 | | The Neighbor(2nd Edition) Three Inquiries in Political Theology, with a new Preface (TRIOS) by Eric L. Santner, Kenneth Reinhard, Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj IEk, Slavoj IEk Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-04520-7, ISBN: 0-226-04520-X "In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 19:18 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love one's neighbor as oneself. “Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it,” he proposed, “as though we were hearing it for the first time; we shall be unable then to suppress a feeling of surprise and bewilderment.” After the horrors of World W ..." |
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