Bibliograph

Event, a philosophical journey through a concept, Slavoj Zizek

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Event, a philosophical journey through a concept, Slavoj Zizek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Event

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

870285314

Responsibility statement

Slavoj Zizek

Sub title

a philosophical journey through a concept

Summary

"An 'Event' can refer to a devastating natural disaster or to the latest celebrity scandal, the triumph of the people or a brutal political change, an intense experience of a work of art or an intimate decision ... An event is the effect that seems to exceed its causes--and the space of an event is the distance of an effect from its causes. But, asks Slavoj Zizek does everything that exists have to be grounded in sufficient reasons? Or are there things that somehow happen out of nowhere? How can philosophy help us to determine what an event is and how it is possible?"--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Event in transit -- Framing, reframing, enframing -- Felix Culpa -- Buddhism naturalized -- The three events of philosophy -- Truth hurts -- The evental self -- La verite surgit de la meprise -- The three events of psychoanalysis -- The real: confronting the thing -- The symbolic: the new harmony -- The imaginary: the three splashes -- The undoing of an event -- 'Nota bene!'

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