{"product_id":"on-practice-and-contradiction-isbn-9781786633408","title":"On Practice and Contradiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of the writings that underpinned the Chinese revolution—presented by “one of the world’s best-known public intellectuals” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Review Books\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThese early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions, and Mao’s clarion call to insurrection has lost none of its ability to stir the blood and stimulate the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Slavoj Žižek’s introduction reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao’s thought in the revolutionary canon.\u003cb\u003eMao Tse-Tung\u003c\/b\u003e was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and Communist leader. He led the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300861300965,"sku":"NP9781786633408","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781786633408.jpg?v=1767734101","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/on-practice-and-contradiction-isbn-9781786633408","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}