Event: A Philosophical Journey Through a Concept - Softcover

Zizek, Slavoj

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612194117 ISBN 13: 9781612194110

Publisher: Melville House Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Žižek explores the meaning of events in this short and digestible book

An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love.

Taking us on a trip that stops at different definitions of event, Žižek addresses fundamental questions such as: are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that's constantly changing, is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema, the Big Bang to Buddhism, Event is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting and elementary.

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Review:

"'The biggest event of the year!' 'Don't miss this event!' There is a part of all of us that perks up at the mention of an 'event.' I am very curious about the philosophical analysis of events (what is an event, really?) and their role in our modern lives, and I can't wait to dive into this quick read."
--Barnes & Noble Book Blog

"The giant of Ljubljana provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus."
--The Village Voice

"The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in many decades."
--Terry Eagleton

"Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism."
--The Times

"Žižek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative."
--Guardian

"Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation."
--The New Yorker

About the Author:

SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK 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 Living in the End Times; First as Tragedy, Then as Farce; In Defense of Lost Causes; and many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1612194117
• ISBN 13: 9781612194110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192