Zizek - by F Vighi & H Feldner (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book provides a unique and timely approach to Foucauldian analytics via the work of Slavoj Zizek, thereby revitalizing Foucault's discourse analysis and his pertinence to contemporary debates within continental philosophy and psychoanalysis.

Book Synopsis

This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is 'to recognize the Real in what appears to be mere symbolic fiction' (Zizek) and to change it.

Review Quotes

'Staging a confrontation between perhaps the most influential figures in poststructuralism and psychoanalysis, Vighi and Feldner establish their fundamental sites of overland and opposition as well as the stakes involved in a choice for one rather than the other. Adherents of Foucault can thus no longer avoid the critical challenge of i ek's thought to their basic notions of archeology, genealogy and discourse analysis. As it changes the fundamental terms of academic and political thought, i ek: Beyond Foucault is a vitally important intervention in contemporary politics.' - Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA

About the Author

Fabio Vighi is Lecturer in Italian Studies at Cardiff University, author of Le ragioni dell'altro: la formazione intellettuale di Pier Paolo Pasolini (2001) and Traumatic Encounters (2006), and co-editor of Did Somebody Say Ideology? On Slavoj Zizek and Consequences (2007).

Heiko Feldner is Lecturer in Modern German History at Cardiff University, author of Das Erfahrnis der Ordnung (1999) and co-editor of Writing History: Theory and Practice (2003) and Did Somebody Say Ideology? On Slavoj Zizek and Consequences (2007).