{"product_id":"demanding-the-impossible-hardback-9780745672281","title":"Demanding the Impossible (Hardback) 9780745672281","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemanding the Impossible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSlavoj Zizek (Author), Yong-june Park (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745672281, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.322 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zizek is, in fact, the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in several decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Zizek is to today what Jacques Derrida was to the '80s: the thinker of choice for Europe's young intellectual vanguard.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... an excellent introduction to both the breadth and depth of Zizek's ideas, made all the better to follow his arguments via an imaginative format of short thematic interviews.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Substantive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhere are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book.  Based on live interviews, the book captures Zizek at his irrepressible best, elucidating such topics as the uprisings of the Arab Spring, the global financial crisis, populism in Latin America, the rise of China and even the riddle of North Korea. Zizek dazzles readers with his analyses of Hollywood films, Venezuelan police reports, Swedish crime fiction and much else. Wherever the conversation turns, his energetic mind illuminates unexpected horizons. \u003cp\u003eWhile analyzing our present predicaments, Zizek also explores possibilities for change. What sort of society is worth striving for? Why is it difficult to imagine alternative social and political arrangements? What are the bases for hope? A key obligation in our troubled times, argues Zizek, is to dare to ask fundamental questions: we must reflect and theorize anew, and always be prepared to rethink and redefine the limits of the possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese original and compelling conversations offer an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the most important thinkers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1) Politics and Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e 2) Obsession for Harmony \/ Compulsion to Identify\u003cbr\u003e 3) Politicization of Ethics\u003cbr\u003e 4) Means Without End: Political Phronesis\u003cbr\u003e 5) “May you live in interesting times”\u003cbr\u003e 6) Communism The Ethico-political Fiasco\u003cbr\u003e 7) Who is Afraid of a Failed Revolution?\u003cbr\u003e 8) Another World is Possible\u003cbr\u003e 9) For They Know Not What They Do\u003cbr\u003e 10) Parallax View on Post-modern Globalization\u003cbr\u003e 11) The Public Use of the Scandal\u003cbr\u003e 12) The Screen of Politeness \/ Empty Gestures and Performatives\u003cbr\u003e 13) Deadlock of Totalitarian Communism\u003cbr\u003e 14) The Subversive Use of Theory\u003cbr\u003e 15) Becoming Proletarian Position\u003cbr\u003e 16) New Forms of Apartheid\u003cbr\u003e 17) Intrusion of the Excluded into the Socio-Political Space\u003cbr\u003e 18) Rage Capital and Risk-Taking Revolutionary Changes\u003cbr\u003e 19) Café Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 20) To Begin from the Beginning\u003cbr\u003e 21) The Fear of Real Love\u003cbr\u003e 22) Dialectic of Liberal Superiority\u003cbr\u003e 23) The Day After\u003cbr\u003e 24) The Universality of Political Miracles\u003cbr\u003e 25) Messianism, Multitude, and Wishful Thinking\u003cbr\u003e 26) Politicization of Favelas\u003cbr\u003e 27) Bolivarianism, the Populist Temptation\u003cbr\u003e 28) Violent Civil Disobedience\u003cbr\u003e 29) Legitimacy of Symbolic Violence\u003cbr\u003e 30) Gandhi, Aristide, and Divine Violence\u003cbr\u003e 31) No Moralization But Egotism\u003cbr\u003e 32) Possibility of Concrete Universality\u003cbr\u003e 33) Common Struggle for Freedom\u003cbr\u003e 34) The Impossible Happens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407334764824,"sku":"9780745672281","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745672281.jpg?v=1784162869","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/demanding-the-impossible-hardback-9780745672281","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}