Slavoj Zizek: 56 books

Called "the Elvis of cultural theory*"* by The New York Times, popular philosopher and leftist rabble-rouser Slavoj Zizek, looks at one of the most desperate situations of our time: the current refugee crisis overwhelming Europe. In this short yet stirring book, Zizek argues that...

Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book captures Zizek at his irrepressible best, elucidating such topics as the uprisings of the Arab Spring, the global financial crisis, populism in Latin America,...

In THE COURAGE OF HOPELESSNESS, maverick philosopher Slavoj Zizek returns to explore today's ideological, political and economic battles, and asks whether radical change is possible. In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that...

What do we know about Hegel? What do we know about Marx? What do we know about democracy and totalitarianism? Communism and psychoanalysis? What do we know that isn't a platitude that we've heard a thousand times - or a self-satisfied certainty? Through his brilliant reading of Hegel, Slavoj Zizek...

Considerado el «séptimo arte», el cine ha sido y sigue siendo uno de los medios de comunicación de masas más importantes. Desde la primera función en el sótano del Grand Café des Capucines de París hace algo más de cien años, hasta las grandes superproducciones de Hollywood que dominan...

A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjévic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and Judaism...

In this new book, Slavoj Žižek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of Žižek’s thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics. An excellent introduction...

No debería haber ninguna duda: el capitalismo global se está aproximando rápidamente a una crisis terminal. Slavoj Zizek, el filósofo más peligroso de Occidente, identifica la crisis ecológica mundial, los desequilibrios dentro del sistema económico, la revolución biogenética y las explosivas...

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book. From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is 'Western...

Hoe kunnen we nog geloven en regels hebben in dit postmoderne tijdperk waarin naar verluidt niets is om in te geloven en geen regels zijn. De beroemde filosoof en onstuitbaar cultuurcriticus Slavoj Zizek daagt iedereen uit in dit overtuigende en adembenemende nieuwe boek. In Geloof, dat van 'cyberspace-denken'...

"El comunismo no es amor. El comunismo es un martillo, que se usa para aplastar al enemigo." Mao Los primeros escritos filosóficos de Mao apuntalaron las revoluciones chinas y, con sus llamadas a la insurrección, siguen constituyendo algunos de los textos más agitadores de todos los tiempos....

"Si el resorte del gobierno popular en tiempos de paz es la virtud, el resorte del gobierno durante la revolución son, al mismo tiempo, la virtud y el terror. la virtud sin la cual el terror es mortal. el terror sin el cual la virtud es impotente". Robespierre La defensa de Robespierre...

Opera's Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera - the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart and Wagner, as well as our own desires to die and to go to the opera.

No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and influence of The Communist Manifesto. Translated into over 100 languages, this clarion call to the workers of the world radically shaped the events of the twentieth century. But what relevance does it have for us today? In this...