Žižek and Freedom: Utopia and the Parallax View

Author:   Bradley Kaye
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031421501


Pages:   201
Publication Date:   04 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Žižek and Freedom: Utopia and the Parallax View


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This book is an exploration of Žižek's theory of freedom. By examining key passages in Žižek's work the aim is to provide a functional, serviceable philosophy of power and ideology and show how this philosophy of power relates to freedom. Although some, like Noam Chomsky, have criticized Žižek's work as having no guiding principles, it is suggested that this misses the fact that Žižek's philosophy utilizes a dialectical methodology that often appears contradictory. Though a highly astute reader with a background in the philosophical texts he frequently cites (the German Idealists, Freud, and modern philosophers), it becomes clear that there is a uniquely Zizekian philosophy that mobilizes a radical hermeneutics of freedom.

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Author:   Bradley Kaye
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031421501


ISBN 10:   3031421507
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   04 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What is the Parallax View?.- Chapter 2 What About Life?.- Chapter 3 What is Ideology?.- Chapter 4  Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds I: Graphs of Desire.- Chapter 5 Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds II: Aggressivity and Narcissistic Rage.- Chapter 6  Cynicism / Ressentiment as the Function of Ideology.- Chapter 7  What Does it Mean to be Free?: Hermeneutics of Freedom .- Chapter 8 Utopia and the Parallax View

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Bradley Kaye is Adjunct Professor at SUNY Fredonia's Socio-Justice Sciences Department, Fredonia, NY, USA.

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