Sean Homer

Slavoj ¿i¿ek and Radical Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Sean Homer addresses Slavoj iek's work in a specific political conjuncture, his political interventions in the Balkans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 353g
• ISBN-13: 9781138643574
• ISBN-10: 1138643572
• Artikelnr.: 57051509

Autorenporträt

Sean Homer is Professor of Film and Literature at the American University in Bulgaria.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: iek in the Balkans
Introduction: The Case of Kosovo
1. It's the Political Economy, Stupid! On iek's Marxism.
2. Nationalism, Ideology and Balkan Cinema.
3. To Begin at the Beginning Again: iek in the Former Yugoslavia.
Part II: Radicalising iek
Introduction: Thinking Through iek and Beyond
4. The Politics of Comradeship: Philosophical Construction and Commitment
in Alain Badiou and Slavoj iek.
5. On "The Critique of Violence" and Revolutionary Suicide.
Conclusion: Resources of Hope: A Critique of Lacanian Anti-Utopianism.