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Žižek and Freedom

Utopia and the Parallax View

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Authors:
  1. Bradley Kaye

    1. SUNY Fredonia, Socio-Justice Sciences Department, Fredonia, USA

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  • Explores Žižek's theory of freedom

  • Provides a functional, serviceable philosophy of power and ideology

  • Shows how Žižek's philosophy of power relates to freedom.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 1-7

  3. What Is the Parallax View?

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 9-30

  4. What About Life?

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 31-66

  5. What Is Ideology?

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 67-81

  6. Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds I: Graphs of Desire

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 83-100

  7. Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds II: Aggressivity and Narcissistic Rage

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 101-124

  8. Cynicism/Ressentiment as the Function of Ideology

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 125-153

  9. What Does It Mean to Be Free?: Hermeneutics of Freedom

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 155-184

  10. Utopia and the Parallax View

    • Bradley Kaye
    Pages 185-197

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-201
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About this book

This book is an exploration of Žižek's theory of freedom. By examining key passages in Žižek's work the aim is to provide a functional, serviceable philosophy of power and ideology and show how this philosophy of power relates to freedom. Although some, like Noam Chomsky, have criticized Žižek's work as having no guiding principles, it is suggested that this misses the fact that Žižek's philosophy utilizes a dialectical methodology that often appears contradictory. Though a highly astute reader with a background in the philosophical texts he frequently cites (the German Idealists, Freud, and modern philosophers), it becomes clear that there is a uniquely Zizekian philosophy that mobilizes a radical hermeneutics of freedom.

Authors and Affiliations

  • SUNY Fredonia, Socio-Justice Sciences Department, Fredonia, USA

    Bradley Kaye

About the author

Bradley Kaye is Adjunct Professor at SUNY Fredonia's Socio-Justice Sciences Department, Fredonia, NY, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Žižek and Freedom

  • Book Subtitle: Utopia and the Parallax View

  • Authors: Bradley Kaye

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42151-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42150-1Published: 04 November 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42153-2Due: 18 November 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42151-8Published: 03 November 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 201

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

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