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=Review by [http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro2.htm Tony Myers]= | =Review by [http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro2.htm Tony Myers]= | ||
This book forms part of a larger project for Žižek to reinvigorate | This book forms part of a larger project for Žižek to reinvigorate | ||
the reputation of German Idealism which, for him, constitutes the | the reputation of German Idealism which, for him, constitutes the | ||
| − | bedrock of all philosophy. His particular hope with this monograph is | + | bedrock of all philosophy. |
| − | that he enhances the perception of Schelling's Ages of the World as 'one | + | |
| − | of the seminal works of materialism', divining in it a forerunner to | + | His particular hope with this monograph is that he enhances the perception of Schelling's Ages of the World as 'one of the seminal works of materialism', divining in it a forerunner to the works of Marx and Lacan among others. |
| − | the works of Marx and Lacan among others. The first part of the book | + | |
| − | endeavours to explain the Ages of the World, while the second part | + | The first part of the book endeavours to explain the Ages of the World, while the second part compares the reception of Schelling's work with the reception of Hegel's work using Lacan as the key to both. |
| − | compares the reception of Schelling's work with the reception of | + | |
| − | Hegel's work using Lacan as the key to both. As can be imagined from | + | As can be imagined from his brief description, the first two parts of this volume make a complex and demanding read. |
| − | his brief description, the first two parts of this volume make a complex | + | |
| − | and demanding read. The third part of the book (the 'related matters' | + | The third part of the book (the 'related matters' of the title) is only relatively more accessible, but contains interesting discussions of both cyberspace and quantum physics which prefigure some of Žižek's later work. |
| − | of the title) is only relatively more accessible, but contains interesting | ||
| − | discussions of both cyberspace and quantum physics which prefigure | ||
| − | some of Žižek's later work. | ||
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| Žižek, Slavoj. The Indivisible Remainder: An Essay on Schelling and Related Matters. London and New York: Verso. 1996. |
Review by Tony Myers
This book forms part of a larger project for Žižek to reinvigorate the reputation of German Idealism which, for him, constitutes the bedrock of all philosophy.
His particular hope with this monograph is that he enhances the perception of Schelling's Ages of the World as 'one of the seminal works of materialism', divining in it a forerunner to the works of Marx and Lacan among others.
The first part of the book endeavours to explain the Ages of the World, while the second part compares the reception of Schelling's work with the reception of Hegel's work using Lacan as the key to both.
As can be imagined from his brief description, the first two parts of this volume make a complex and demanding read.
The third part of the book (the 'related matters' of the title) is only relatively more accessible, but contains interesting discussions of both cyberspace and quantum physics which prefigure some of Žižek's later work.
