Zahi Zalloua

Zizek on Race (eBook, PDF)

Toward an Anti-Racist Future

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Slavoj Zizek's prolific comments on anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, scapegoating, popular nationalism, the refugee crisis, Eurocentrism, the War on Terror, neocolonialism, global justice, and rioting comprise a dizzying array of thinking. But what can we pull out of his various writings and commentaries on race in the contemporary world? Is there anything approaching a Zizekian philosophy of race?

Zahi Zalloua argues here that there is and that the often polemical style of Zizek's pronouncements shouldn't undermine the importance and urgency of his work in this area. Zalloua not only examines Zizek's philosophy of race but addresses the misconceptions that have arisen and some of the perceived shortcomings in his work to date. Zizek on Race also puts Zizek in dialogue with critical race and anti-colonial studies, dwelling on the sparks struck up by this dialogue and the differences, gaps, and absences it points up. Engaging Zizek's singular contribution to the analysis of race and racism, Zizek on Race both patiently interrogates and critically extends his direct comments on the topic, developing more fully the potential of his thought.

In a response to the book, Zizek boldly reaffirms his theoretical stance, clarifying further his often difficult-to-work-out positions on some of his more controversial pronouncements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350094222
• Artikelnr.: 58420786

Autorenporträt

Zahi Zalloua is the Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and a professor of French and Interdisciplinary Studies at Whitman College and Editor of The Comparatist. He is the author of five books, including Zizek on Race: Toward an Anti- Racist Future (2020), Theory's Autoimmunity: Skepticism, Literature, and Philosophy (2018), and Continental Philosophy and the Palestinian Question: Beyond the Jew and the Greek (2017). He has edited volumes and special journal issues on globalization, literary theory, ethical criticism, and trauma studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Slavoj Zizek Introduction: The Post-Political is the
Post-Racial Chapter 1: Liberal Multiculturalism: From "Checking Your
Privilege" to "Checking Our Fantasy" Chapter 2: Deconstruction:
Hospitality, Hostility, and the "Real" Neighbor Chapter 3:
Postcolonialism: From the Culturalization of Politics to the Politicization
of Culture Chapter 4: Critical Race Theory: The Subject Supposed to Loot,
Rape, and Terrorize Chapter 5: Afro-Pessimism: Traversing the Fantasy of
the Human, or Rewriting the Grammar of Suffering Conclusion: "All Lives
Matter" or "Black Lives Matter"? Yes, Please! Bibliography Index