First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Zizek

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Zizek

Argues that the liberal idea of the end of history, declared by Francis Fukuyama during the 1990s, has had to die twice.

Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation* The New Yorker *
The Elvis of cultural theory. * The Chronicle of Higher Education *
One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left. * Times Literary Supplement *
Zizek is an influential thinker, and this short book offers an excellent entry into his thought. -- David Gordon * Library Journal *
[A] great provocateur and an immensely suggestive and even dashing writer ... Zizek writes with passion and an aphoristic energy that is spellbinding. -- Richard Rayner * Los Angeles Times *
The most dangerous philosopher in the West. * New Republic *

Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less Than Nothing, six volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.

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ISBN 13	9781844674282
ISBN 10	1844674282
Title	First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
Author	Slavoj Zizek
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	2009-10-05
Number of pages	158
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