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Žižek, S., Butler, J. and Laclau, E. (2000) Contingency, Hegemony,=====Book Description=====Universality[[Image: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left, London and New Y ork:VersoContingencyHegemonyUniversality.jpg|200px|thumb|Book Cover]]This vigorousIn a compelling and unusual experiment, pithy and hugely enjoyable work brings Žižektogether with his two most assiduous intellectual sparring partners- Judith Butler and Ernesto Laclau - [[three]] eminent theorists engage in a kind of written dialogue.This dialogue takes the form of a series of on central questions set by each ofthem for the others, followed by three essayed responses apiece. Themain point of contention between them is the status contemporary [[philosophy]] and meaning ofthe subject[[politics]]. WhileTheir essays, for a Žižekianorganized as [[separate]] contributions that respond to one [[another]], range over the [[Hegelian]] legacy in contemporary critical [[theory]], Butler's consistent misreadingthe [[theoretical]] dilemmas of Lacan can sometimes be exasperating[[multiculturalism]], it does at least force Žižekto articulate his understanding of the subject as clearly as possible. Assuch[[universalism]]- versus-particularism debate, this makes the book strategies of the [[Left]] in a useful introduction to Žižek's thoughtglobalized [[economy]],as well as being and the relative merits of post-structumalism and [[Lacanian]] [[psychoanalysis]] for a valuable insight to the issues currently vexing thepolitical leftcritical [[social]] theory.
While the rigour and intelligence with which these writers approach their [[Categorywork]] is formidable, ''[[Contingency]], [[Hegemony]], [[Universality]]'' benefits additionally from their clear [[sense]] of [[energy]] and [[enjoyment]] in a revealing and often unpredictable [[exchange]]. =====Product Details====={| style="width:100%; border:1px solid #aaa;text-align:left; line-height:2.0em; padding-left:Works10px;"|width="100%"| [[Judith Butler|Butler, Judith]], [[Ernesto Laclau]], and [[Slavoj Zizek]]. '''''[[CategoryContingency, Hegemony, Universality|Contingency, Hegemony, Universality:BooksContemporary Dialogues on the Left]]'''''. [[London]]; New York: Verso. July 2000, Hardcover, 300 pages, [[Language]]: [[CategoryEnglish]], ISBN: 1859847579. <small>Buy it at [http:Žižek//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [Categoryhttp:Psychoanalysis//www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk]or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859847579/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small>|} {{CBBSZ}}
