Party, State, Revolution: Critical Reflections on Zizek's Political Philosophy

by Marc De Kesel and Bart van der Steen

Slavoj Zizek is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the left. His central claim holds that "today, it is more crucial than ever to continue to question the very foundations of capitalism as a global system". To do so, iek proposes 'reloading' Lenin and updating Leninist notions of the proletariat, the political party and revolution. The precise contents of these updated notions, however, remain curiously underdeveloped. This volume therefore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3848740443
• ISBN13: 9783848740444
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
• Length: 179 Pages