{"product_id":"violence-six-sideways-reflections-paperback","title":"Violence: Six Sideways Reflections - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSlavoj Zizek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj Zizek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, Zizek brings new light to the Paris riots of 2005; he questions the permissiveness of violence in philanthropy; in daring terms, he reflects on the powerful image and determination of contemporary terrorists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViolence, Zizek states, takes three forms--subjective (crime, terror), objective (racism, hate-speech, discrimination), and systemic (the catastrophic effects of economic and political systems)--and often one form of violence blunts our ability to see the others, raising complicated questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes the advent of capitalism and, indeed, civilization cause more violence than it prevents? Is there violence in the simple idea of \"the neighbour\"? And could the appropriate form of action against violence today simply be to contemplate, to think? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with these and other equally contemplative questions, Zizek discusses the inherent violence of globalization, capitalism, fundamentalism, and language, in a work that will confirm his standing as one of our most erudite and incendiary modern thinkers.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for author Slavoj Zizek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Elvis of cultural theory.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.\"--Terry Eagleton, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A one-person culture mulcher . . . a fast-forward philosopher of culture for the post-war period.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Zizek] stares out, disheveled, from the page and dares the reader to disagree. . . . As always, he combines the fruitfully combative, the densely intelligent, and the merely glib, sometimes in the same paragraph.\"--Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for author Slavoj Zizek\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Elvis of cultural theory.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.\"--Terry Eagleton, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A one-person culture mulcher . . . a fast-forward philosopher of culture for the post-war period.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Zizek] stares out, disheveled, from the page and dares the reader to disagree. . . . As always, he combines the fruitfully combative, the densely intelligent, and the merely glib, sometimes in the same paragraph.\"--Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Zizek\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Princeton, and The New School. He is the author of more than thirty books and is the subject of the documentary, \u003ci\u003eZizek\u003c\/i\u003e. His own critically acclaimed documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, was the subject of a film retrospective in 2007 at the Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 6.8 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47278311473401,"sku":"9780312427184","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NmpHS3NqQ3UvenlzSmJIM0pjQWpKQT09.webp?v=1769007771","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/violence-six-sideways-reflections-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}