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The premise of Zizek's theory is that the subjective violence we see - violence with a clear identifiable agent - is only the tip of an iceberg made up of 'systemic' violence, which is essentially the catastrophic consequence of the smooth functioning of our economic and political systems. With the help of Marx, Engels, Sartre, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Lacan, Brecht and many more, Zizek examines the hidden causes of violence, delving into the supposed 'divine violence' which propels suicide bombers and the unseen 'systemic' violence which lies behind outbursts, from Parisian suburbia to New Orleans. For Zizek, the controversial truth is that sometimes doing nothing is the most violent thing you can do. He calls for a forceful confrontation with the vacuity of today's democracies - using an unconventional plethora of references: Hitchcock, Orwell, Fukuyama, Freud and more.
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Violence, Slavoj Žižek
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Violence
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Slavoj Žižek
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 218
- ISBN10
- 1846680174
- ISBN13
- 9781846680175
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Political Science & Politics, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Sociology, Violence, Scientific Theories, Psychoanalysis
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- Violence: Six Sideways Reflections
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- The premise of Zizek's theory is that the subjective violence we see - violence with a clear identifiable agent - is only the tip of an iceberg made up of 'systemic' violence, which is essentially the catastrophic consequence of the smooth functioning of our economic and political systems. With the help of Marx, Engels, Sartre, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Lacan, Brecht and many more, Zizek examines the hidden causes of violence, delving into the supposed 'divine violence' which propels suicide bombers and the unseen 'systemic' violence which lies behind outbursts, from Parisian suburbia to New Orleans. For Zizek, the controversial truth is that sometimes doing nothing is the most violent thing you can do. He calls for a forceful confrontation with the vacuity of today's democracies - using an unconventional plethora of references: Hitchcock, Orwell, Fukuyama, Freud and more.