Henrik Jøker Bjerre and Carsten Bagge Laustsen, The Subject of Politics: Slavoj Žižek’s Political Philosophy

An Introduction to Slavoj Žižek’s Political Philosophy with a distinctive focus on Subjectivity

The Subject of Politics provides a new study of Slavoj Žižek’s political philosophy. Focusing on the combination of psychoanalytic theory and philosophy, the book offers an overview of Žižek’s analysis of contemporary society. In five chapters, the reader is introduced to Žižek’s method, his view of the political impasse in the postmodern world, and his suggestion for a way ahead to renewed action and political invention. Rich in examples, the book gives an engaging and entertaining tour around the landscape of Žižek’s political endeavour, while at the same time insisting on a more systematic and piecemeal approach than the Slovenian tends to offer himself.

"... a forceful and marvelously well written study of Slavoj Žižek’s political philosophy. Animated by the authors’ own profound engagement in political thinking the book provides an exhilarating guide through the crucial and most interesting points of Žižek’s political thought...." Dr. Alenka Zupančič, Ljubljana.

"Over the last decade Slavoj Žižek has emerged as one of the most important political thinkers of our time. This book shares the flare of Žižek's writings: it is engaging, witty, critical, and always to the point. I feel confident it will find a large and eager audience." Professor Dr. Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana.

Henrik Jøker Bjerre and Carsten Bagge Laustsen

Henrik Jøker Bjerre is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University, Denmark. His main research interests are moral philosophy, sociology and psychoanalysis. His publications include Kantian Deeds (Continuum, 2010).

Carsten Bagge Laustsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. His main research interests are terrorism, political theology, political thought and modern social theory. He has previously published The Culture of Exception. Sociology Facing the Camp (Routledge, 2005, with Bülent Diken) and Sociology through the Projector (Routledge, 2008, with Bülent Diken).

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