On Practice and Contradiction (Revolutions) - Softcover

Mao Tse-Tung

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178663340X ISBN 13: 9781786633408

Publisher: Verso, 2017

Synopsis

These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions, and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time. Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Zizek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon.

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About the Author

Mao Tse-Tung was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and Communist leader. He led the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Slavoj Zizek 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, four volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178663340X
• ISBN 13: 9781786633408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208