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Violence | Slavoj iek
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Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj iek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj iek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, iek 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. Violence, iek 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. Does 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? Beginning with these and other equally contemplative questions, iek 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.
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Sometimes I read angsty YA fiction, other times I read controversial philosophy, I‘m multifaceted. My girlfriend is in love with Žižek and will quote him on the daily, she wore me down and convinced me to give him a try, I‘m glad I did. His point of view is pretty radical but his explanation of how he got there is understandable, I‘m a convert.

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