Synopses & Reviews
Dubbed "The Elvis of Philosophy," Slavoj Zizeck is both a serious revolutionary and an absurdist prankster, published in academic journals and Abercrombie and Fitch catalogs. Besides his work on popular culture, Zizek is concerned with politics and ideology. Introducing Slavoj Zizek reveals a provocateur whose work on Lacanian psychoanalysis collides with Marxist philosophyand#151;creating the world's hippest philosopher.
Christopher Kul-Want is course director of the MA in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London.
Piero is an illustrator, artist, and graphic designer whose work has been exhibited in the Royal College of Art, London.
Synopsis
A unique graphic introduction to Zizek - the Elvis of Philosophy - one of the world's most maverick current thinkers.
Synopsis
Charting his meteoric rise in popularity, Christopher Kul-Want and Piero explore Zizek's timely analyses of today's global crises concerning ecology, mounting poverty, war, civil unrest and revolution.
Covering topics from philosophy and ethics, politics and ideology, religion and art, to literature, cinema, corporate marketing, quantum physics and virtual reality, Introducing Slavoj Zizek deftly explains Zizek's virtuoso ability to transform apparently outworn ideologies - Communism, Marxism and psychoanalysis - into a new theory of freedom and enjoyment.
About the Author
Christopher Kul-Want: Christopher Kul-Wantand#160;is Course Director of the MA in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London.
Piero: Pieroand#160;is an illustrator, artist, and graphic designer whose work has twice been included in the Royal College of Art in London. He has illustrated manyand#160;titles.