"In this major new work the leading philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that philosophical materialism has failed to meet the key scientific, theoretical and political challenges of the modern world, from relativity theory and quantum physics to Freudian psychoanalysis and the failure of twentieth-century Communism. To bring materialism up to date, Zizek proposes a new foundation for dialectical materialism. He argues that dialectical materialism is the only true philosophical inheritor of what Hegel designates as the speculative approach of thought - all other forms of materialism fail. In Absolute Recoil, Zizek offers a startling reformulation of the ground and possibilities of contemporary philosophy."
- ISBN10 1781686823
- ISBN13 9781781686829
- Publish Date 22 September 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 444
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781781686829