¿i¿ek and Freedom

Utopia and the Parallax View
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-42150-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaye, Bradley

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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