SEX AND THE FAILED ABSOLUTE

In the most rigorous articulation of his philosophical system to date, Slavoj iek provides nothing short of a new definition of di alectical materialism.In forging this new materialism, iek critiques and challenges not only the work of Alain Badiou, Robert Bran dom, Joan Copjec, Quentin Meillassoux, and Julia Kristeva (to name but a few), but everything from popular science and quantum mecha nics to sexual difference and analytic philosophy. Alongside striking images of the Möbius strip, the cross-cap, and the Klein bottl e, iek bring...[Read more]