The New Materialism: Althusser, Badiou, And iek (Routledge Studies In Social And Political Thought)
Routledge
ISBN13:
9781138812086
$190.79
Alain Badiou and Slavoj iek have become two of the dominant voices in contemporary philosophy and critical theory. In this book, Geoff Pfeifer offers an in-depth look at their respective views. Using Louis Althusser's materialism as a starting pointwhich, as Pfeifer shows, was built partially as a response to the Marxism of the Parti Communiste Français and partially in dialogue with other philosophical movements and intellectual currents of its timesthe book looks at the differing ways in which both Badiou's and iek's work attempt to respond to issues that arise within the Althusserian edifice. Pfeifer argues here that, ultimately, iek's materialism succeeds in responding to these issues in ways that Badiou's does not. In building this argument, Pfeifer engages not only with the work of Althusser, Badiou, and iek and their intellectual backgrounds, but also with much of the contemporary scholarship surrounding these thinkers. As such, Pfeifer's book is an important addition to the ongoing debates within contemporary critical theory.
- | Author: Geoff Pfeifer
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Feb 24, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 140 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1138812080
- | ISBN-13: 9781138812086
- Author:
- Geoff Pfeifer
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- Feb 24, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 140 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1138812080
- ISBN-13:
- 9781138812086