Fear of the Martians: On Slavoj Žižek's Uses of Argument.

This article offers a critical examination of the arguments that underpin Slavoj Žižek's political utopianism. It maintains (1) that Žižek's rejection of liberal democracy and market capitalism is sustained by highly problematical rhetorical strategies and (2) that his purportedly Marxist plea for a...

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Publicado en:Paragraph Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 347 - 369
Autor principal: Berg, Henk de
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Publicado: Edinburgh University Press Nov2015
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