Philosophy

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  The Sublime Object of Ideology

  by Slavoj Žižek
  Exploring the ideologies fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.

  3 posts

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  The Ticklish Subject

  by Slavoj Žižek
  A specter is haunting Western thought, the specter of the Cartesian subject.
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  The Fragile Absolute

  by Slavoj Žižek
  Argues that the subversive core of the Christian legacy forms the foundation of a politics of universal emancipation.

  1 discussion

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  The Plague of Fantasies

  by Slavoj Žižek
  The relations between fantasy and ideology, and the deluge of digital phantasms surrounding us.

  1 post

  1 discussion

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  Non-Places

  by Marc Auge
  A provocative study of the 'non-space' which defines our age's love for excess of information and space.
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  Infinitely Demanding

  by Simon Critchley
  A new political ethics that confronts the injustices of liberal democracy.

  4 posts

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  The Poulantzas Reader

  by Nicos Poulantzas
  Key writings of the great political theorist, including his debate with Ralph Miliband on the state.
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  Critique of Everyday Life Volume One

  by Henri Lefebvre
  A groundbreaking analysis of the alienating phenomena of daily life under capitalism.

  3 posts

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  Critique of Everyday Life Volume Two

  by Henri Lefebvre
  Identifies categories within everyday life, such as the theory of the semantic field and the theory of moments.

  1 post

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  Critique of Everyday Life Volume Three

  by Henri Lefebvre
  Explores the crisis of modernity and the decisive assertion of technological modernism.

  1 post

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  On Ideology

  by Louis Althusser
  The classic analysis of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society.
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  Between Existentialism and Marxism

  by Jean-Paul Sartre
  A classic work by the founding father of existentialism, describing his philosophy and its relationship to Marxism.

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  The Perfect Crime

  by Jean Baudrillard
  Baudrillard investigates the murder of reality—“the most important event of modern history.”
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  Spinoza and Politics

  by Étienne Balibar and Warren Montag
  A rich analysis of Spinoza's key works, in the context of his political and ideological associations.
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  A Study on Authority

  by Herbert Marcuse
  The great theorist of radical liberation analyzes the relationship between authority and freedom.

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  Ghostly Demarcations

  Edited by Michael Sprinker
  Major theorists discuss the renowned philosopher Jacques Derrida's most political and controversial work.