In Defense of Lost Causes

by Slavoj Zizek

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Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In the postmodern world, ideologies of all kinds have been cast in doubt. In this combative new work, renowned theorist Slavoj Zizek takes on the reigning postmodern agenda with a manifesto for several "lost causes." From a provocative redemption of Heidegger's engagement with the Third Reich as "a right step in the wrong direction," to reasserting class struggle as the underlying reality of global capitalism, to a defense of the emancipatory legacy of Christianity against New Age spiritualism, Zizek confronts the failures of contemporary theory and proposes unexpected resolutions.
  • ISBN10 1844671089
  • ISBN13 9781844671083
  • Publish Date 28 April 2008
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 26 March 2014
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Verso Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English