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Zusatztext Žižek responds to his interlocutors in much the same way that a bridge player responds to their partner’s opening bid. It doesn’t matter who ends up being the dummy, as long as they succeed in defeating their common enemy. Informationen zum Autor Dominik Finkelde is Professor of Epistemology and Contemporary Philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy. Todd McGowan is Professor of English at the University of Vermont, USA. He is the author of 15 books, including Universality and Identity Politics (2020), Emancipation After Hegel (2019), and Capitalism and Desire (2016). He is the series editor of Film Theory in Practice (Bloomsbury), and co-series editor (with Slavoj Žižek and Adrian Johnston) of Diaeresis (Northwestern University Press). He is also the host of the podcast Why Theory (with Ryan Engley). Klappentext Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek have been, like Zizek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially as a public intellectual, on the other. This makes it difficult to find any kind of nuanced or interesting critical appraisal of his work.At its best Zizek's work provides a new foundation of dialectical philosophy, beyond the glitz of stardom or oversimplified sinister disdain. Zizek Responds! combines philosophers and theorists engaging with Zizek's philosophy in order to explore its unnoticed implications, its conceptual problems, or its unrealized potential. With detailed and lively responses from Zizek himself, this book offers an unique insight into how this thinker might explain, clarify and hone some of his most controversial and misunderstood ideas. At once an introduction to Zizek's most important concepts and a rare and novel insight into his thoughts on the criticisms of his work, this is indispensible reading for both Zizekians and their critics. Vorwort One of the most popular and controversial philosophers in the world, Slavoj Žižek, responds to critics of his work with explanations, elaborations and changes in his thinking. Zusammenfassung Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek have been, like Žižek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially as a public intellectual, on the other. This makes it difficult to find any kind of nuanced or interesting critical appraisal of his work.At its best Žižek's work provides a new foundation of dialectical philosophy, beyond the glitz of stardom or oversimplified sinister disdain. Žižek Responds! combines philosophers and theorists engaging with Žižek's philosophy in order to explore its unnoticed implications, its conceptual problems, or its unrealized potential. With detailed and lively responses from Žižek himself, this book offers an unique insight into how this thinker might explain, clarify and hone some of his most controversial and misunderstood ideas. At once an introduction to Žižek's most important concepts and a rare and novel insight into his thoughts on the criticisms of his work, this is indispensible reading for both Žižekians and their critics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Dominik Finkelde and Todd McGowan Part I: Ontology 1. Cake or Doughnut?: Žižek and German Idealist Emergentisms, Adrian Johnston (University of New Mexico, USA) Slavoj Žižek , Response to Johnston 2. Truth as Bacchanalian Revel: Žižek and the Risks of Irony, Dominik Finkelde (Munich School of Philosophy, Germany) Slavoj Žižek , Response to Finkelde 3. Žižek and the Retroactivity of the Real, Graham Harman (SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, USA) Slavoj Žižek, Response to Harman 4. Slavoj Žižek’s Hegel, Robert Pippin (University of Chicago, USA) Slavoj Žižek , Response to Pi...
