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By Slavoj Žižek

the concept that of disparity has lengthy been a subject matter of obsession and argument for philosophers yet Slavoj Žižek may argue that what disparity and negativity may perhaps suggest, may perhaps suggest and may suggest for us and our lives hasn't ever been extra hotly debated.

Disparities explores modern 'negative' philosophies from Catherine Malabou's plasticity, Julia Kristeva's abjection and Robert Pippin's self-consciousness to the God of adverse theology, new realisms and post-humanism and attracts an intensive line less than them. rather than developing a discussion with those different principles of disparity, Slavoj Žižek desires to determine a distinct departure, a wholly assorted thought of disparity in response to an creative dialectical materialism. This proposal of rupturing what has long past ahead of relies on a provocative examining of the way philosophers can, if they're sincere, interact with one another. Slavoj Žižek borrows Alain Badiou's concept precise thought is the person who divides. significantly departing from prior formulations of negativity and disparity, Žižek employs a brand new type of negativity: specifically positing that after a thinker offers with one other thinker, his or her stance isn't one in every of discussion, yet considered one of department, of drawing a line that separates fact from falsity.

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