Zizek and Politics: A Critical Introduction

by Geoff M. Boucher, Matthew Sharpe, Geoff Boucher

Book Overview

This book provides students and experts alike with a new kind of introduction to Slavoj Zizek's political theory. Going beyond recounting Zizek's positions on ideology, capitalism, Leninism, Stalinism, fascism, and related matters, it offers readers an argumentative reconstruction of Zizek's ideas which places his prolific output in critical dialogue with political philosophy, critical theory, and the history of ideas.But this reconstruction is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748638040
• ISBN13: 9780748638048
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher