Zizek - Organs without Bodies

For those who thought they could by-pass Deleuze as well as for the most passionate Deleuzians, Organs Without Bodies will be a major revelation. By placing Deleuze into proximity with his great antipodesHegel and Lacaniek endows Deleuzes tireless elaboration of the processes of differentiation and becoming in all spheres of life with an entirely new degree of conceptual clarity and political urgency. Through his deep engagement with the logic of Deleuzes project, iek opens up new possibilities of thought beyond the terms of the current political debates on globalization, democratization, war on terror. Once again, iek has produced an utterly timely and radically untimely meditation.

Eric Santner, author of On the Psychotheology of Everday
Life: Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig

With all his usual humor and invention, iekthe acknowledged master of the 180 degree turnhere takes a trip into enemy territory to deliver Deleuze of a marvelously rebellious child, one that seriously challenges Deleuzes other progeny with a surprising but convincing bid for succession. Those who thought Deleuzes forward march into the future would follow a straight path are forced to rethink their stance. From now on all readings of Deleuze will have to take a detour through this importanteven necessarybook.

Joan Copjec, author of Imagine Theres No Woman

As a writer, Slavoj iek can translate difficult philosophical positions in a succinct way while maintaining its original force and insight. And so, Organs without Bodies is a provocative and important book for Deleuzians because it successfully opens a reading of Deleuze that is anti-conventional and moves against the current. What all this points to is how iek is an unconventional thinker with radical and originary insight. This makes Organs without Bodies a worthwhile and necessary read.

Robert Ramos, Metapsychology Online

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iek, Slavoj.

Organs without bodies : on Deleuze and consequences / Slavoj iek.

p. cm.(Routledge classics)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995. I. Title.

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