The Žižek Dictionary

by Rex Butler (Editor)

Slavoj Žižek is the most popular and discussed philosopher in the world today. His prolific writings – across philosophy, psychoanalysis, political and social theory, film, music and religion – always engage and provoke. The power of his ideas, the breadth of his references, his capacity for playfulness and confrontation, his willingness to change his mind and his refusal fundamentally to alter his argument – all have worked to build an extraordinary international readership as well as to elicit much critical reaction. The Žižek Dictionary brings together leading Žižek commentators from across the world to present a companion and guide to Žižekian thought. Each of the 60 short essays examines a key term and, crucially, explores its development across Žižek’s work and how it fits in with other concepts and concerns. The dictionary will prove invaluable both to readers coming to Žižek for the first time and to those already embarked on the Žižekian journey.

Genres: Philosophy, Politics

320 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2013

Reviews

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Let's oppose this to Evans' Lacanian Dictionary. This is no dictionary. It's VAs' essays on words sometimes used by Zizek, and it's a view - yes, a parallax, - close to the one Zizek tells us he holds, of those terms. Their movement, effects and ambiguity. But opposed to Evans' work, this will most certainly not help the beginner, or even intermediate, in understanding the deep half-spoken truth of the Zizeko-Lacanian edifice -- nor will it prepare the reader for the inevitable and deserved critiques Zizek is to undergo. Never see him as an idol.