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In Defense of Lost Causes
Author:  Slavoj Zizek
Publisher:  Verso
Pub. Date:  Apr 28, 2008
Binding:  Hardcover
Pages:  208
ISBN:  1844671089
List Price:  34.95 USD
Amazon Sales Rank:  290
Bn.com Sales Rank:   106,732
Amazon UK Sales Rank:  3,785

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A witty, adrenalin-fuelled manifesto for universal values by the maverick philosopher.

Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In the postmodern world, ideologies of all kinds have been cast in doubt. In this combative new work, renowned theorist Slavoj Zizek takes on the reigning postmodern agenda with a manifesto for several "lost causes." From a provocative redemption of Heidegger's engagement with the Third Reich as "a right step in the wrong direction," to reasserting class struggle as the underlying reality of global capitalism, to a defense of the emancipatory legacy of Christianity against New Age spiritualism, Zizek confronts the failures of contemporary theory and proposes unexpected resolutions.