The Fragile Absolute
Or, Why Is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?
Published on 17. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-85984-326-0 (ISBN)
Description
With typical brio and boldness, Slavoj Zizek argues in The Fragile Absolute that the subversive core of the Christian legacy is much too precious to be left to the fundamentalists. Here is a fitting contribution from a Marxist to the 2000th anniversary of one who was well aware that to practice love in our world is to bring in the sword and fire.
Reviews / Votes
Righteously to battle the tsunami of postmodern spiritual mush, Zizek attempts a reconciliation between Marxism and Christianity, eccentrically (against Nietzsche) trying to recuperate St Paul for the radical Christian. -- Steven Poole * The Guardian * With his characteristically frenetic and dizzying display of wit, Zizek will entertain and offend, but never bore. * The Stranger * The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in some decades. -- Terry EagletonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-326-0 (9781859843260)
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Person
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less Than Nothing, six volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.