Zizek Now

Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj  i ek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Although his work has been the subject of many volumes of searching criticism and commentary, there is no assessment to date of the value of his work for the development of these disciplines.  i ek Now brings together distinguished critics to explore the utility and far-ranging implications of  i ek's thought and provide an evaluation of the difference his work makes or promises to make in their chosen fields. As such, the volume offers chapters on quantum physics and  i ek's transcendentalist materialist theory of the subject, Hegel's absolute, materialist Christianity, postcolonial violence, eco-politics, ceremonial acts, and the postcolonial revolutionary subject. Contributors to the volume include Adrian Johnston, Ian Parker, Todd McGowan, Bruno Bosteels, Erik Vogt, Verena Conley, Joshua Ramey, Jamil Khader, and  i ek himself.

Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Although his work has been the subject of many volumes of searching criticism and commentary, there is no assessment to date of the value of his work for the development of these disciplines. Zizek Now brings together distinguished critics to explore the utility and far-ranging implications of Zizek's thought and provide an evaluation of the difference his work makes or promises to make in their chosen fields. As such, the volume offers chapters on quantum physics and Zizek's transcendentalist materialist theory of the subject, Hegel's absolute, materialist Christianity, postcolonial violence, eco-politics, ceremonial acts, and the postcolonial revolutionary subject. Contributors to the volume include Adrian Johnston, Ian Parker, Todd McGowan, Bruno Bosteels, Erik Vogt, Verena Conley, Joshua Ramey, Jamil Khader, and Zizek himself.

Acknowledgments viiNotes on Contributors ixPart OneIntroduction: ?i?ek Now or Never: Ideological Critique and the Nothingness of BeingJamil Khader 31 ?i?ek's Sublime Objects NowIan Parker 16Part Two2 Hegel as Marxist: ?i?ek's Revision of German IdealismTodd McGowan 313 ?i?ek and Christianity: Or the Critique of Religion after Marx and FreudBruno Bosteels 544 Ceremonial Contingencies and the Ambiguous Rites of FreedomJoshua Ramey 84Part Three5 A Critique of Natural Economy: Quantum Physics with ?i?ekAdrian Johnston 1036 Slavoj ?i?ek's Eco-ChicVerena Andermatt Conley 1217 ?i?ek and Fanon: On Violence and Related MattersErik Vogt 1408 ?i?ek's Infi delity: Lenin, the National Question, and the Postcolonial Legacy of Revolutionary InternationalismJamil Khader 159Part Four9 King, Rabble, Sex, and War in HegelSlavoj ?i?ek 177Index 207