Badiou, Žižek, and political transformations : the cadence of change / Adrian Johnston.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy.
Main Author: Johnston, Adrian, 1974-
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy.
Subjects:
Badiou, Alain.
Žižek, Slavoj.
Political science > Philosophy.
Physical Description:xxxii, 277 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: the Badiouian-Žižekian politburo : political interventions in the shadow of Lacan
  • Alain Badiou : from event to act
  • The quick and the dead : Badiou and the split speeds of transformation
  • One must have confidence that the other does not exist : select preconditions for events and acts in contemporary circumstances
  • Slavoj Žižek : from act to event
  • The cynic's fetish : Žižek and the dynamics of belief
  • From the spectacular act to the vanishing act : the politics of Lacanian theory
  • Appendix A: "Let a thousand flowers bloom!" : some brief remarks on and responses to Zizek's "Badiou: notes from an ongoing debate"
  • Appendix B: Slavoj Žižek, "An answer to two questions".