Author : Slavoj Žižek
Publisher : Verso
Release Date : 2009-10-05
ISBN : 1844674282
Pages : 157 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (446 users)
Book Descriptions :
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown. [...]
Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher : Verso Books
Release Date : 2018-07-10
ISBN : 1786635933
Pages : 176 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (866 users)
Book Descriptions :
The leading philosopher of our time tackles the demise of liberalism, from the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown. Billions of dol [...]
Author : Kelsey Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-03-19
ISBN : 1118269802
Pages : 344 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (182 users)
Book Descriptions :
A comprehensive overview of Slavoj Zizek's thought, including all of his published works to date. Provides a solid basis in the work of an engaging th [...]
Author : Michael J. Thompson
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-09-09
ISBN : 1137381604
Pages : 281 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (373 users)
Book Descriptions :
Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collectio [...]
Author : Nadir Lahiji
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-23
ISBN : 1000045048
Pages : 306 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 ( users)
Book Descriptions :
By linking building theory to the emancipatory project of critique advanced by radical thinkers in our time, this work investigates the key conceptual [...]
Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-03
ISBN : 1134079877
Pages : 302 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (34 users)
Book Descriptions :
This book is a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary examination of the music and figure of Lady Gaga, combining approaches from scholars in cultural studi [...]
Author : Charles Jencks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-10-17
ISBN : 0470669888
Pages : 136 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (76 users)
Book Descriptions :
In this latest issue of Architectural Design the guest editors are drawn, like the content, from contrasting tastes and generations. Charles Jencks, t [...]
Author : Marko Zlomislić
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-05-18
ISBN : 1498283497
Pages : 146 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (982 users)
Book Descriptions :
In this new book, Marko Zlomislić argues that Slavoj Žižek’s work does not contain any sort of radical emancipatory project, especially as it pas [...]
Author : Agon Hamza
Publisher : Duke University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-06
ISBN : 0822375478
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (223 users)
Book Descriptions :
Repeating Žižek offers a serious engagement with the ideas and propositions of philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Often subjecting Žižek's work to a ŽiŠ[...]
Author : Elisha Jasper Dung
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-11-15
ISBN : 1793648808
Pages : 538 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (936 users)
Book Descriptions :
This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to trace human trafficking throughout history. Using global, regional, and local case studies, the chapter [...]
Author : Nadir Lahiji
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2019-02-06
ISBN : 0429885067
Pages : 212 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (298 users)
Book Descriptions :
In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. [...]
Author : Robin Celikates
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-05-26
ISBN : 1783480904
Pages : 290 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (834 users)
Book Descriptions :
This book interrogates whether recent global protests and civil disobedience are transforming the way we understand contemporary democracy as an insti [...]
Author : Jake Kinzey
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2012
ISBN : 1780990340
Pages : 68 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (89 users)
Book Descriptions :
The Sacred and the Profane is a work that combines local and global analysis to examine our age's often-talked about, but mostly misunderstood, 'mains [...]
Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher : Verso Books
Release Date : 2012-10-09
ISBN : 1781680426
Pages : 142 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (816 users)
Book Descriptions :
Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, Lon [...]
Author : Jennifer Wallace
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-20
ISBN : 135015511X
Pages : 232 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (51 users)
Book Descriptions :
In this book leading scholars come together to provide a comprehensive, wide-ranging overview of tragedy in theatre and other media from 1920 to the p [...]
Author : James G. Crossley
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-20
ISBN : 1317546113
Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (175 users)
Book Descriptions :
'Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism' analyses the ideology underpinning contemporary scholarly and popular quests for the historical Jesus. Focusing on [...]
Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-11-04
ISBN : 9781480231160
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (311 users)
Book Descriptions :
The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte was written by Karl Marx between December 1851 and March 1852, and originally published in 1852 in Die Revolution [...]
Author : Phil Hopkins
Publisher : Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-04-02
ISBN : 0739188526
Pages : 258 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (391 users)
Book Descriptions :
This book explores the narratives of today’s brand marketing and their influence on how we think about ourselves and our moral possibilities, our cu [...]
Author : Manfred Gailus
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Release Date : 2005
ISBN : 9783525358665
Pages : 472 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (586 users)
Book Descriptions :
English summary: The sixteen contributions in this volume discuss crucial aspects of Protestant involvement in national politics, from the wars of Ger [...]