In Defense of Lost Causes

[Dave Monroe]

Slavoj Žižek
In Defense of Lost Causes

Publication
May 2008

504 pages

Paper
ISBN-13: 978 1 84467 108 3
US$34.95 / £19.99 / CAN$38.50

A witty, adrenalin-fuelled manifesto for universal values by the
maverick philosopher

Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated
relics of an earlier age? In the postmodern world, ideologies of all
kinds have been cast in doubt. In this combative new work, renowned
theorist Slavoj Zizek takes on the reigning postmodern agenda with a
manifesto for several "lost causes." From a provocative redemption of
Heidegger's engagement with the Third Reich as "a right step in the
wrong direction" to reasserting class struggle as the underlying
reality of global capitalism, to a defense of the emancipatory legacy
of Christianity against New Age spiritualism, Zizek confronts the
failures of contemporary theory and proposes unexpected resolutions.

http://www.versobooks.com/books/tuvwxyz/xyz-titles/zizek_defense_lost_causes.shtml

"In his free time, Žižek likes to surf the internet for child
pornography and teach his small son how to pull the legs off spiders"

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article3800980.ece