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Communist, conservative, anti-semantic - Slavoj ae'iae'ek's work attracts a lot of labels, most of them pejorative. Chris McMillan seeks to identify ae'iae'ek's unique and productive contribution to social and political theory, constructing a response to the difficulties of contemporary social theory and the political deadlock of global capitalism.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Marxism after the Discursive Turn; 3. Jouissance and Politics; 4. Universality and the Trauma of the Real; 5. Zizek's Capitalism: What can Sexual Difference tell us about new forms of Apartheid?; 6. Zizek's Realpolitics; 7. The Communist Hypothesis: Zizekian Utopia or Utopia Fantasy?; 8. Conclusion; 9. References.

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780748646647, 978-0748646647
      ISBN10: 0748646647
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Communist, conservative, anti-semantic - Slavoj ae'iae'ek's work attracts a lot of labels, most of them pejorative. Chris McMillan seeks to identify ae'iae'ek's unique and productive contribution to social and political theory, constructing a response to the difficulties of contemporary social theory and the political deadlock of global capitalism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Marxism after the Discursive Turn; 3. Jouissance and Politics; 4. Universality and the Trauma of the Real; 5. Zizek's Capitalism: What can Sexual Difference tell us about new forms of Apartheid?; 6. Zizek's Realpolitics; 7. The Communist Hypothesis: Zizekian Utopia or Utopia Fantasy?; 8. Conclusion; 9. References.

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