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Title: Less Than Nothing: Hegel & the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
Author: ZIZEK SLAVOJ
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 10/09/2013
Imprint: VERSO
Price: $90.00
Publishing status: Active
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. Today, as global capitalism comes apart at the seams, we are entering a new transition. In Less Than Nothing Slavoj Zizek 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 himself. Such an approach not only enables Zizek to diagnose our present condition, but also to engage in a critical dialogue with the key strands of contemporary thought—Heidegger, Badiou, speculative realism, quantum physics and cognitive sciences. Modernity will begin and end with Hegel.
ISBN: 9781781681275