Absolute Recoil

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Absolute Recoil is a philosophical work by Slavoj Žižek that explores dialectical materialism through a radical rereading of Hegel and contemporary critical theory.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
author Slavoj Žižek NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept contradiction
dialectics
ideology
materialism
negativity
ontology
parallax view
subjectivity
genre philosophy
hasPart chapters
introduction
hasTheme critique of contemporary theory
logic of contradiction
political implications of philosophy
relationship between idealism and materialism
status of the subject in materialism
influencedBy G. W. F. Hegel
German idealism
surface form: German Idealism

Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED
Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
Western Marxism
language English
literaryForm non-fiction
mainSubject Hegelian philosophy
critical theory
dialectical materialism
notableFor integration of Hegelian dialectics with Lacanian psychoanalysis
systematic defense of dialectical materialism in the 21st century
philosophicalApproach radical rereading of Hegel
renewal of dialectical materialism
philosophicalTradition Hegelian idealism
surface form: Hegelianism

Lacanian psychoanalysis
Marxism
publicationYear 2014
publisher Verso Books
relatedWork Less Than Nothing
Living in the End Times
The Parallax View (1974 film)
surface form: The Parallax View
targetAudience readers of Marxist theory
scholars of critical theory
students of philosophy
title Absolute Recoil: Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism

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Slavoj Žižek notableWork Absolute Recoil
Less Than Nothing followedBy Absolute Recoil