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The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj Zizek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated.

Disparities explores contemporary 'negative' philosophies from Catherine Malabou's plasticity, Julia Kristeva's abjection and Robert Pippin's self-consciousness to the God of negative theology, new realisms and post-humanism and draws a radical line under them. Instead of establishing a dialogue with these other ideas of...

These original contributions focus on Hegelian analysis and the transformative value of...

Slavoj Zizek has been called "an academic rock star" and "the wild man of theory"; his writing mixes astonishing erudition and references to pop culture in order to dissect current intellectual pieties. In The Puppet and the Dwarf he offers a close reading of today's religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality -- New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism -- and then tries to redeem the "materialist" kernel of Christianity. His reading of Christianity is explicitly...

With a new introduction by the author

In this deliciously polemical work, a giant of cultural theory immerses himself in the ideas of a giant of French thought. In his inimical style, Zizek links Deleuze's work with both Oedipus and Hegel, figures from whom the French philosopher distanced himself. Zizek turns some Deleuzian concepts around in order to explore the 'organs without bodies' in such films as Fight Club and the works of Hitchcock. Finally, he attacks what he sees as the 'radical chic' Deleuzians, arguing that such projects turn Deleuze into an ideologist of...

These original contributions focus on Hegelian analysis and the transformative value of...

Bewältigen oder scheitern? Slavoj Zizek und sein philosophischer Blick auf unsere Zeit

Pandemie, Klimawandel, verzweifelte Flüchtlinge, ein Krieg in Europa: In der Welt regiert das Chaos. Gesellschaftliche Probleme, soziale Ungleichheit und internationale Konflikte wirken erdrückend, Fortschritt scheint kaum mehr möglich. Können kritisches Denken und die moderne Philosophie Antworten finden?

Die »Unordnung unter dem Himmel« erkannte Mao Zedong als eine Chance für Neuanfänge. Aber vielleicht hat die Unordnung mittlerweile den Himmel selbst erreicht?...