The Fragile Absolute
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Argues that the subversive core of the Christian legacy is much too precious to be left to the fundamentalists. This book also argues that the foundation of a politics of universal emancipation can be found in St Paul, finding an unlikely ally in the reinvention of a twenty first century Marxism.
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The Fragile Absolute by Slavoj Zizek
One of the signal features of our era is the re-emergence of the 'sacred' in all its different guises, from New Age paganism to the emerging religious sensitivity within cultural and political theory. The wager of Zizek's The Fragile Absolute - published here with a new preface by the author - is that Christianity and Marxism can fight together against the contemporary onslought of vapid spiritualism. The revolutionary core of the Christian legacy is too precious to be left to the fundamentalists.
Righteously to battle the tsunami of postmodern spiritual mush, Zizek attempts a reconciliation between Marxism and Christianity, eccentrically (against Nietzsche) trying to recuperate St Paul for the radical Christian* Guardian *
Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation. * The New Yorker *
This is a subtle argument ... Zizek applies it with a broad brush to both contemporary society and popular culture. * Boston Book Review *
Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation. * The New Yorker *
This is a subtle argument ... Zizek applies it with a broad brush to both contemporary society and popular culture. * Boston Book Review *
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less Than Nothing, six volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844673025 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844673022 |
| Titre | The Fragile Absolute |
| Auteur | Slavoj Zizek |
| Série | The Essential Zizek |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Verso Books |
| Année de publication | 2009-01-05 |
| Nombre de pages | 157 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |