Zizek: A (Very) Critical Introduction (Interventions)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080286001X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pound's theological perspective also allows him to pose searching questions about what he provocatively calls iek's ‘politics of abandonment' and about the wider situation of the post-Enlightenment Left today.". In doing so, Pound achieves a very searching examination of iek's oeuvre, significantly recasting the reception of iek's work. Pound finds in these masters of inversion a profound anti-theology that only needs to become more theological — more orthodox — in order to work, to rid us of complacency. It's as enjoyable as reading iek himself."Matthew Sharpe — author of Slavoj iek: A Little Piece of the R
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I loved it! Lucid and illuminating! I loved it!. From the back cover "With clarity and humor, and in wonderfully short compass, Marcus Pound introduces the thought of not only Slavoj Zizek but also his guru, Jacques Lacan. Pound finds in these masters of inversion a profound anti-theology that only needs to become more theological--more orthodox--in order to work, to rid us of complacency. This is a book for those new to Zizek and for those who, knowing him already, want to know him newly--as the theologian he might almost be. It's as enjoyable as reading Zizek himself." - Gerard Loughlin, Durham University"Slavoj Zizek's work, always iconoclastic,