Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept
One of the most famous living philosophers provides a philosophical analysis of the meaning of events in this “deeply interesting and provocative” book (The Guardian)

An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love.

Taking us on a trip that stops at different definitions of event, Žižek addresses fundamental questions such as: are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that’s constantly changing, is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema, the Big Bang to Buddhism, Event is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting and elementary.
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Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept
One of the most famous living philosophers provides a philosophical analysis of the meaning of events in this “deeply interesting and provocative” book (The Guardian)

An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love.

Taking us on a trip that stops at different definitions of event, Žižek addresses fundamental questions such as: are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that’s constantly changing, is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema, the Big Bang to Buddhism, Event is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting and elementary.
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Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept

Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept

by Slavoj Zizek
Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept

Event: A Philosophical Journey Through A Concept

by Slavoj Zizek

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One of the most famous living philosophers provides a philosophical analysis of the meaning of events in this “deeply interesting and provocative” book (The Guardian)

An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love.

Taking us on a trip that stops at different definitions of event, Žižek addresses fundamental questions such as: are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that’s constantly changing, is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema, the Big Bang to Buddhism, Event is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting and elementary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612194127
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Publication date: 08/26/2014
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK 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 senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times; First as Tragedy, Then as Farce; In Defense of Lost Causes; and many more.

Table of Contents

Timetable

All Aboard: Event In Transit

Stop 1: Framing, Reframing, Enframing

Stop 2: Felix Culpa

Stop 3: Buddhism Naturalized

Stop 4: The Three Events Of Philosophy

Connection 4.1: Truth Hurts

Connection 4.2: The Evental Self

Connection 4.3: La vérité surgit de la méprise

Stop 5: The Three Events Of Psychoanalysis

Connection 5.1: The Real: Confronting The Thing

Connection 5.2: The Symbolic: The New Harmony

Connection 5.3: The Imaginary: The Three Splashes

Stop 6: The Undoing Of An Event

Final Destination: ‘Nota Bene!’

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