Žižek and Heidegger offers a radical new interpretation of the work of Slavoj Žižek, one of the world's leading contemporary thinkers, through a study of his relationship with the work of Martin Heidegger. Thomas Brockelman argues that Žižek's oeuvre is largely a response to Heidegger's philosophy of finitude, an immanent critique of it which pulls it in the direction of revolutionary praxis. Brockelman also finds limitations in Žižek's relationship with Heidegger, specifically in his ambivalence about Heidegger's techno-phobia. Brockelman's critique of Žižek departs from this ambivalence - a fundamental tension in Žižek's work between a historicist critical theory of techno-capitalism and an anti-historicist theory of revolutionary change. In addition to clarifying what Žižek has to say about our world and about the possibility of radical change in it, Žižek and Heidegger explores the various ways in which this split at the center of his thought appears within it - in Žižek's views on history or on the relationship between the revolutionary leader and the proletariat or between the analyst and the analysand.

Zizek and Heidegger: The Question Concerning Techno-Capitalism (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy, 47)

Politics & Social Sciences

Brockelman, Thomas

Philosophy

Continuum

<p>About the Author\nThomas Brockelman, who teaches philosophy at Lemoyne College, has written extensively about psychoanalysis, aesthetics, and continental philosophy. In both his teaching and his scholarship, he is interested in the way that contemporary society and culture have been transformed by the digital revolution. He is the author of The Frame and the Mirror, and Zizek and Heidegger, books about art and the unconscious.\nLiterary Nonfiction. Memoir. Brockelman's book is a loving tribute to his philosopher father as well as an artful exploration of various important philosophical issues that are relevant to everyday life, such as the nature of religious belief, the definition of a "good" life, and the challenge of facing our own mortality. Anyone who has ever wondered "how should I live," or "am I living an honest and worthy life?" should read this book.</p>

Diving for Pearls: Exploring Philosophy with my Father

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Standing Stone Books

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