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− | [[ | + | [[Philosopher]], [[cultural]] critic, and [[agent]] provocateur [[Slavoj Žižek]] constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of [[violence]] in our [[world]]. |
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− | + | Using [[history]], [[philosophy]], books, movies, [[Lacanian]] [[psychiatry]], and [[jokes]], Slavoj Žižek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural [[vision]], Žižek brings new light to the [[Paris]] riots of 2005; he questions the [[permissiveness]] of violence in philanthropy; in daring [[terms]], he reflects on the powerful [[image]] and determination of contemporary terrorists. | |
− | + | Violence, Žižek states, takes [[three]] forms--[[subjective]] (crime, [[terror]]), [[objective]] ([[racism]], [[hate]]-[[speech]], discrimination), and systemic (the catastrophic effects of [[economic]] and [[political]] systems)--and often one [[form]] of violence blunts our ability to see the [[others]], raising complicated questions. | |
− | + | Does the advent of [[capitalism]] and, indeed, [[civilization]] [[cause]] more violence than it prevents? Is there violence in the simple [[idea]] of "the neighbour"? And could the appropriate form of [[action]] against violence today simply be to contemplate, to [[think]]? | |
+ | Beginning with these and [[other]] equally contemplative questions, Žižek discusses the inherent violence of [[globalization]], capitalism, [[fundamentalism]], and [[language]], in a [[work]] that will confirm his standing as one of our most erudite and incendiary modern thinkers. | ||
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− | |width="100%"| [[Zizek, Slavoj]]. '''''[[Violence: Big Ideas / Small Books]]'''''. New York: Verso. July 22, 2008, 272 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0312427182. <small><small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small></small> | + | |width="100%"| [[Zizek, Slavoj]]. '''''[[Violence: Big Ideas / Small Books]]'''''. New York: Verso. July 22, 2008, 272 pages, Language [[English]], ISBN: 0312427182. <small><small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312427182/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small></small> |
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