Ontological Catastrophe: Zizek and the Paradoxical Metaphysics

Ontological Catastrophe: Zizek and the Paradoxical Metaphysics of German Idealism (New Metaphysics)

In Ontological Catastrophe, Joseph Carew takes up the central question guiding Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek's philosophy: How could something like phenomenal reality emerge out of the meaninglessness of the Real? Carefully reconstructing and expanding upon his controversial reactualization of German Idealism, Carew argues that Å½iÅ¾ek offers us an original, but perhaps terrifying, response: experience is possible only if we presuppose a prior moment of breakdown as the ontogenetic basis of subjectivity. Drawing upon resources found in Å½iÅ¾ek, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and post-Kantian philosophy, Carew thus develops a new critical metaphysicsâ€”a metaphysics which is a variation upon the late German Idealist theme of balancing system and freedom, realism and idealism, in a single, self-reflexive theoretical constructâ€”that challenges our understanding of nature, culture, and the ultimate structure of reality.
Country USA
Brand Open Humanities Press
Manufacturer Open Humanities Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-11-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781607853084

Ontological Catastrophe: Zizek and the Paradoxical Metaphysics of German Idealism (New Metaphysics)