Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek’s latest offering is a look at the way in which western societies understand, and importantly misunderstand violence.
Zizek’s central thesis is that the liberal conception of violence is limited to subjective forms of violence, violence which is performed by a clearly identifiable human agent. Zizek claims that what is required to [...]
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Violence – Slavoj Zizek
Posted in activism, book review, tagged activism, book review, violence, Zizek on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
