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Sex and the Failed Absolute

By: Slavoj Žižek
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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In the most rigorous articulation of his philosophical system to date, Slavoj Žižek provides nothing short of a new definition of dialectical materialism. In forging this new materialism, Žižek critiques and challenges not only the work of Alain Badiou, Robert Brandom, Joan Copjec, Quentin Meillassoux, and Julia Kristeva (to name but a few), but everything from popular science and quantum mechanics to sexual difference and analytic philosophy. Alongside striking images of the Möbius strip, the cross-cap, and the Klein bottle, Žižek brings alive the Hegelian triad of being-essence-notion. Radical new readings of Hegel, and Kant, sit side by side with characteristically lively commentaries on film, politics, and culture. Here is Žižek at his interrogative best.

©2026 Slavoj Žižek (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Consciousness & Thought Movements Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Society
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