The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology

Slavoj Zizek

Book 1 of The Essential Žižek

Language: English

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: Jul 15, 2000

Words: 188822
Flesch: 23.4
DDC: 126
FAST Tags: Political science--Philosophy, Subject (Philosophy), Subjectivity, Ontology
LCC: BD223

Description:

A specter is haunting Western thought, the specter of the Cartesian subject. In this book Slavoj Zizek unearths a subversive core to this elusive specter, and finds within it the indispensable philosophical point of reference for any genuinely emancipatory project.