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This work is ideal for readers interested in philosophy, political theory, and reinterpretations of classic plays, especially those who appreciate innovative and critical takes on timeless dilemmas about power and morality.
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See moreA radical re-writing of Sophocles' classic play Antigone by one of the world's most famous and controversial philosophers
A radical re-writing of Sophocles' classic play Antigone by one of the world's most famous and controversial philosophers
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Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity, more important than all political struggles. But is she really so innocent and pure? What if there is a dark side to her? What if Creon, the representative of state power, also has a valuable point to make? And what if both Antigone and Creon are part of a problem that only a popular intervention can confront?
Žižek's rewriting of this classic play confronts these issues in a practical way: not by theorising about them, but by imagining an Antigone in which, at a crucial moment, the action takes a different turn, an Antigone along the lines of Run, Lola, Run or Brecht's learning plays.
A brilliantly funny, moving, and political piece for those who are interested in reading and watching Antigone in an entirely new way.
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Terry Eagleton praises the book as a "fascinating read" with language that "positively flies off the page."
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ISBN: 9781474269377
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 October 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 188.0mm
Weight: 80g
Pages: 72
About the Author
Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is international director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, USA, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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