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=Source====Book Description=====[[Image:ContingencyHegemonyUniversality.jpg|200px|thumb|Book Cover]]ŽižekIn a compelling and unusual experiment, Sthree eminent theorists engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics.Their essays, Butlerorganized as separate contributions that respond to one another, J. and Laclaurange over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, E. (2000) Contingencythe theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, Hegemonythe universalism- versus-particularism debate,Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the strategies of the Leftin a globalized economy, London and New Y ork:Versothe relative merits of post-structumalism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory.
While the rigour and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, ''Contingency, Hegemony, Universality'' benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.
=Review by ====Product Details====={| style="width:100%; border:1px solid #aaa;text-align:left; line-height:2.0em; padding-left:10px;"|width="100%"| [[Judith Butler|Butler, Judith]], [[Ernesto Laclau]], and [[Slavoj Zizek]]. '''''[[Contingency, Hegemony, Universality|Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left]]'''''. London; New York: Verso. July 2000, Hardcover, 300 pages, Language: English, ISBN: 1859847579. <small>Buy it at [http://www.lacanamazon.com/zizekchro2exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosubject-20/ Amazon.htm Tony Myerscom]=This vigorous, pithy and hugely enjoyable work brings Žižektogether with his two most assiduous intellectual sparring partners[http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub07- Judith Butler and Ernesto Laclau 20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub- in a kind of written dialogue21/ Amazon.This dialogue takes the form of a series of questions set by each ofthem for the othersde], followed by three essayed responses apiece[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www. Themain point of contention between them is the status and meaning ofthe subjectamazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub04-21/ Amazon. While, for a Žižekian, Butler's consistent misreadingof Lacan can sometimes be exasperating, it does at least force Žižekto articulate his understanding of the subject as clearly as possiblefr]. Assuch, this makes the book a useful introduction to Žižek's thought,as well as being a valuable insight to the issues currently vexing the</small>political left.|}
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