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Zusatztext “The most dangerous philosopher in the West.”—Adam Kirsch! The New Republic “Fierce brilliance ... scintillating.”—Steven Poole! The Guardian “?i?ek is to today what Jacques Derrida was to the 80s: the thinker of choice for Europe’s young intellectual vanguard.”— The Observer “Such passion! in a man whose work forms a shaky! cartoon rope-bridge between the minutiae of popular culture and the big abstract problems of existence! is invigorating! entertaining and expanding enquiring minds around the world.”—Helen Brown! Daily Telegraph “?i?ek weaves together psychoanalytic and historical materialist theories with great panache.”—Ashley Dawson! Social Text Informationen zum Autor Slavoj ?i?ek 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 senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology! University of Ljubljana! Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times ! First as Tragedy! Then as Farce ! In Defense of Lost Causes ! four volumes of the Essential ?i?ek! and many more. Klappentext A philosophical analysis of the end of the world, addressing issues of topical concern such as the ecological and economic crises. 'Zizek is to today what Jacques Derrida was to the 80s: the thinker of choice for Europe's young intellectual vanguard' "Observer" Zusammenfassung A iA ek analyses the end of the world at the hands of the 'four riders of the apocalypse'.
