Less Than Nothing - by Slavoj Zizek (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> For the last two centuries, Western philosophy has developed in the shadow of Hegel, whose influence each new thinker tries in vain to escape: whether in the name of the pre-rational Will, the social process of production, or the contingency of individual existence. Hegel's absolute idealism has become the bogeyman of philosophy, obscuring the fact that he is the dominant philosopher of the epochal historical transition to modernity; a period with which our own time shares startling similarities. Today, as global capitalism comes apart at the seams, we are entering a new transition. In Less Than Nothing, the pinnacle publication of a distinguished career, Slavoj éZiézek argues that it is imperative that we not simply return to Hegel but that we repeat and exceed his triumphs,overcoming his limitations by being even more Hegelian than the master himsel<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>For the last two centuries, Western philosophy has developed in the shadow of Hegel, an influence each new thinker struggles to escape. As a consequence, Hegel's absolute idealism has become the bogeyman of philosophy, obscuring the fact that he is the defining philosopher of the historical transition to modernity, a period with which our own times share startling similarities. <p/>Today, as global capitalism comes apart at the seams, we are entering a new period of transition. In Less Than Nothing, the product of a career-long focus on the part of its author, Slavoj Žižek argues it is imperative we not simply return to Hegel but that we repeat and exceed his triumphs, overcoming his limitations by being even more Hegelian than the master himself. Such an approach not only enables Žižek to diagnose our present condition, but also to engage in a critical dialogue with key strands of contemporary thought--Heidegger, Badiou, speculative realism, quantum physics, and cognitive sciences. Modernity will begin and end with Hegel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Few thinkers illustrate the contradictions of contemporary capitalism better than Slavoj Žižek ... one of the world's best-known public intellectuals."--John Gray, <i>New York Review of Books</i> <p/>"A serious attempt to reanimate or re-actualize Hegel."--Robert Pippin, author of Hegel's Idealism <p/>"A gifted speaker--tumultuous, emphatic, direct--and he writes<br> as he speaks." --Jonathan Ree, <i>Guardian</i> <p/>"The Hegel that Žižek loves is much like Žižek himself: a relentless iconoclast, <br> a restless wordsmith, an inventive thinker with a hatred of received wisdom, <br> an underminer of conventionally acknowledged truths. Žižek's Hegel is a kind<br> of cosmic prankster."--<i>Bookforum</i> <p/>A lucid rendering of modern society's debt to Hegel.--<i>Publisher's Weekly</i> <p/>The publication of <i>Less Than Nothing</i> is a major event in contemporary philosophy.--<i>Hey, Small Press</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Slavoj Žižek</b> is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include <i>Living in the End Times</i>; <i>First as Tragedy, Then as Farce</i>; <i>In Defense of Lost Causes</i>; four volumes of the Essential Žižek; and many more.
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