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Zusatztext Mentioned as tie-in to film 'Zizek'. Informationen zum Autor PAUL BOWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. Richard Stamp is Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Film & Screen Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. Klappentext Slavoj Zizek is widely regarded as one of the world's most important contemporary thinkers. His work has contributed dramatically to the reinvention and revivification of many key theoretical and political debates. Indeed, his vociferous and challenging body of work amounts to a sustained, ground-breaking, terrain-shifting and far reaching intervention into a large number of academic disciplines, intellectual fields and cultural debates. The Truth of Zizek addresses the rigorous critical assessment demanded by this broad and increasingly influential corpus. This timely and compelling collection of essays from an international team of leading Zizekian scholars addresses the full range of Zizek's theoretical interventions, assessing critically the political, philosophical, psychoanalytical, cultural and institutional stakes of his work. Each chapter engages with and challenges Zizek's thought to explicate a key aspect of his work, clarifying its importance and challenging its claims through rigorous critique. By focusing on Zizek's contributions to these disciplines, fields and debates, this collection sets out to diagnose and assess the emergence of a ' Zizekian moment' within contemporary intellectual, cultural and political events. The Truth of Zizek provides the first sustained engagement with and assessment of the significant impact of Zizek's work. This compelling and valuable collection of essays from cutting edge scholars picks up the gauntlet thrown down by Zizek: the demand that his readers respond with 'the coldness and cruelty of true friendship.' Vorwort An important, timely and stimulating assessment of the vociferous and challenging work of Slavoj Žižek, undoubtedly one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators. Zusammenfassung Slavoj Zizek is widely regarded as one of the world's most important contemporary thinkers. This collection of essays from an international team of Zizekian scholars addresses a range of Zizek's theoretical interventions, assessing the political, philosophical, psychoanalytical, cultural and institutional stakes of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Simon Critchley : Foreword: Why Zizek Must Be Defended Paul Bowman and Richard Stamp : Editors' Introduction: Is this not precisely ... The Truth of Zizek . Leigh Claire La Berge : The Writing Cure: Slavoj Zizek, Analysand of Modernity . Paul Bowman : The Tao of Zizek . Mark Devenney : Zizek's Passion for the Real: The Real of Terror, The Terror of the Real. Jeremy Gilbert : All the Right Questions, All the Wrong Answers . Iain Hamilton Grant : The Insufficiency of Ground: On Zizek's Schellingianism . Oliver Marchart : Acting and the Act: On Slavoj Zizek's Political Ontology . John Mowitt : Trauma Envy . Ian Parker : The Truth of Over-identification . Richard Stamp : ' Another exemplary case': Zizek's example . Jeremy Valentine : Denial, Anger and Resentment . Slavoj Zizek : Afterword: With Defenders Like These, Who Needs Attackers? Bibliography Index ...
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PAUL BOWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK.Richard Stamp is Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Film & Screen Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.
