Zizek and Politics

Matthew Sharpe lectures in philosophy and psychoanalytic studies at Deakin University. He has published Slavoj Zizek: A Little Piece of the Real and is co-editor of Traversing the Fantasy: Critical Essays on Slavok ae'iae'ek (Ashgate 2005). He has also co-written on Australian politics in The Times Will Suit Them-Postmodern Conservatism in Australia (Allen & Unwin 2008) and is the author of articles on Zizek, Strauss, Marcuse, Derrida, Castoriadis, Camus, Lacan, Kant, Foucault and Schmitt. Geoff Boucher lectures in literary studies and psychoanalytic studies at Deakin University. He has published articles on ae'iae'ek in Telos and is co-editor of Traversing the Fantasy: Critical Essays on Slavok ae'iae'ek (Ashgate 2005). He has also written The Charmed Circle of Ideology (Re-Press 2008) on the post-Marxism of Butler, ae'iae'ek, Laclau and Mouffe, and co-written on Australian politics in The Times Will Suit Them-Postmodern Conservatism in Australia (Allen & Unwin 2008).

Subtitled, "A Critical Introduction". Highlights Slavoj Zizek's political ideas.

References to ae'iae'ek's Books and Articles; Introduction; Part I: 1. ae'iae'ek and the Radical Democratic Critique of Ideology; 2. Retrieving the Subject - ae'iae'ek's Theoretical Politics; 3. Did ae'iae'ek Say Democracy?; Inter-chapter: ae'iae'ek's Vanishing Mediation; Part II: 4. Postmodernity and the Society of Generalised Perversion; 5. Zizek's vanguard politics; 6. Slavoj ae'iae'ek and the Politics of Universal Truth; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index