Zizek and Communist Strategy: On the Disavowed Foundations of Global Capitalism

by Chris McMillan

Overview

Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?
Good theory; bad politics: this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequences of Žižek's fundamental concepts, such as the Lacanian Real, universality and the communist hypothesis. He argues that Žižek's turn to Communism represents the ultimate significance of Žižek's work for the 21st century and a marked new direction for Žižekian theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748682331
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	10/16/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Chris McMillan currently works at Brunel Universityin London, having been formerly based at Massey Universityin New Zealand. He has previously published in the International Journal of Žižek Studies, as well as acting as a guest editor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Marxism after the Discursive Turn; 3. Jouissance and Politics; 4. Universality and the Trauma of the Real; 5. Žižek’s Capitalism: What Can Sexual Difference Tell Us about New Forms of Apartheid?; 6. Žižek’s Realpolitics; 7. The Communist Hypothesis: Žižekian Utopia or Utopian Fantasy?; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.