{"product_id":"contingency-hegemony-universality-isbn-9781844676682","title":"Contingency, Hegemony, Universality","description":"What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci’s notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Žižek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism-versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigor and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, \u003ci\u003eContingency, Hegemony, Universality\u003c\/i\u003e benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnesto Laclau\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, \u003ci\u003eHegemony and Socialist Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Chantal Mouffe), \u003ci\u003eNew Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Populist Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContingency, Hegemony, Universality\u003c\/i\u003e (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and \u003ci\u003eEmancipation(s)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrames of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Life of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExcitable Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies that Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, and with Slavoj Žižek and Ernesto Laclau, \u003ci\u003eContingency, Hegemony, Universality\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303594578149,"sku":"NP9781844676682","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844676682.jpg?v=1767724079","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/contingency-hegemony-universality-isbn-9781844676682","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}