Sex and the Failed Absolute

by Slavoj Žižek

Book Overview

In the most rigorous articulation of his philosophical system to date, Slavoj Zizek provides nothing short of a new definition of dialectical materialism.

In forging this new materialism, Zizek critiques and challenges not only the work of Alain Badiou, Robert Brandom, Joan Copjec, Quentin Meillassoux, and Julia Kristeva (to name but a few), but everything from popular science and quantum mechanics to sexual difference and analytic philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135020241X
• ISBN13: 9781350202412
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"