Description
The status of women and the role of violence in contemporary culture and politics
About the Author
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less Than Nothing, six volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.
Reviews
Discussing Hegel and Lacan is like breathing for Slavoj. -- Judith Butler
The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in some decades. -- Terry Eagleton
The Giant of Ljubljana provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus. * Village Voice *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844670611
Author Slavoj Zizek
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 266g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 20mm