Publication

2007-12-26 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100230001513
  • ISBN-139780230001510
  • Goodreads232746
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006049327
  • OCLC Control Number70630620
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780230001510
  • Open LibraryOL10193709M

Classifications

  • LCCB108-5802B1-5802B829
  • LCCB4870.Z594 F45 2007

Description

"In Slavoj Zizek and Michel Foucault, this book brings together two of the most prominent thinkers in contemporary critical theory. Starting from a critical assessment of the Foucauldian paradigm of discourse analysis, it explores the theoretical scope and political consequences of Zizek's blend of Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist politics. The comparison between the two thinkers throws into relief the commonalities and irreconcilable differences of their respective approaches to critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is to recognize the Real in what appears to be mere symbolic fiction (Zizek) and to change it."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Zizek: Beyond FoucaultHardcoverSpringer2007-12-26

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