Read more
Zizek Studies: The Greatest Hits (So Far) assembles and presents the best work published in the field of Zizek Studies over the last ten years, providing teachers, students, and researchers with a carefully curated volume of leading-edge scholarship addressing the unique and sometimes eclectic work of Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek. The chapters included in this collection have been rigorously tested in and culled from the (virtual) pages of the International Journal of Zizek Studies, a leading open access journal that began publication in 2007. The book is organized into three sections or subject areas where Zizek and his seemingly indefatigable efforts have had significant impact: philosophy, politics, and popular culture. As a "greatest hits," the book offers the long-time fan and uninitiated newcomer alike a comprehensive overview of the wide range of opportunity in the field of Zizek studies and a remarkable collection of truly interdisciplinary "hits" from a diverse set of innovative and accomplished writers.
List of contents
List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Editors' Introduction - David J. Gunkel: Zizek and the Real Hegel - Matthew Sharpe: Zizek's Kant, or The Crack in the Universal (Politicizing the Transcendental Turn) - Paul A. Taylor: Zizek's Brand of Philosophical Excess and the Treason of the Intellectuals: Wagers of Sin, Ugly Ducklings, and Mythical Swans - Robert Sinnerbrink: The Hegelian "Night of the World": Zizek on Subjectivity, Negativity, and Universality - Ola Sigurdson: Hermeneutic of Hope: Problematizing Zizek's Apocalypticism - Olivier Jutel: Barack Obama, the New Spirit of Capitalism and the Populist Resistance - Peter Bloom: Capitalism's Cynical Leviathan: Cynicism, Totalitarianism, and Hobbes in Modern Capitalist Regulation - Japhy Wilson: The Joy of Inequality: The Libidinal Economy of Compassionate Consumerism - Levi R. Bryant: Zizek's New Universe of Discourse: Politics and the Discourse of the Capitalist - Todd McGowan: Enjoying the Cinema - Graham Wolfe: Losing What We Never Had: Zizek and Lacan Rock On with Bryan Adams - Abigail Fagan: Interpellating Django: The Functions of the Gaze in Tarantino's Django Unchained - Vlad Dima: You Only Die Thrice: Zombies Revisited in The Walking Dead - Luke Howie: They Were Created by Man ... and They Have a Plan: Subjective and Objective Violence in Battlestar Galactica and the War on Terror - Notes on Contributors - Index.
