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Slavoj Zizek and Radical Politics (Paperback)
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Slavoj Zizek and Radical Politics (Paperback)
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In this book, Sean Homer addresses Slavoj Zizek's work in a
specific political conjuncture, his political interventions in the
Balkans. The charge of inconsistency and contradiction is
frequently levelled at Zizek's politics, a charge he openly
embraces in the name of "pragmatism." Homer argues that his
interventions in the Balkans expose the dangers of this pragmatism
for the renewal of the Leftist politics that he calls for. The book
assesses Zizek's political interventions in so far as they advance
his self-proclaimed "ruthlessly radical" aims about changing the
world. Homer argues the Balkans can be seen as Zizek's symptom,
that element which does not fit into the system, but speaks its
truth and reveals what the system cannot acknowledge about itself.
In Part II Homer explores Zizek's radicalism through his critique
of Alain Badiou, arguing that Badiou's "affirmationism" provides a
firmer grounding for the renewal of the left than Zizek's negative
gesture analyzed in Part I. What distinguishes Zizek from the
majority of the contemporary Left today is his valorization of
violence; Homer tackles this issue head-on in relation to political
violence in Greece. Finally, Homer defends the utopian impulse on
the radical left against its Lacanian critics.
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