Contingency, hegemony, universality: contemporary dialogues on the left

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Sinopse

What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci's notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Zizek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism- versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structumalism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigour and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.

Participantes

Autor: Judith Butler | Ernesto Laclau | Slavoj Zizek

Autor

SLAVOJ ZIZEK

Slavoj Žižek nasceu em 1949 na cidade de Liubliana, Eslovênia. É filósofo, psicanalista e um dos principais teóricos contemporâneos. Transita por diversas áreas do conhecimento e, sob influência principalmente de Karl Marx e Jacques Lacan, efetua uma inovadora crítica cultural e política da pós-modernidade. Professor da European Graduate School e do Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade de Liubliana, Žižek preside a Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, de Liubliana, e é diretor internacional do Instituto de Humanidades da Universidade Birkbeck de Londres.