というタイトルのコンフェランスが開かれた.下記はジジェク講演の要旨をまとめたものだと思われる。このシンポジウムは、アラン・バディウ、テリー・イーグルトン、ハート＆ネグリ、ジャン＝リュック･ナンシー、ジャック・ランシエール、ジャンニ・ヴァッティモ、ジジェクなど、いわゆる現代思想のスターを集めた。
SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK, HOW TO BEGIN FROM THE BEGINNING
New Left Review 57, May-June 2009
http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2779
On the Idea of Communism, Birkbeck 13-15th March, 2009
http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/2009/03/on-idea-of-communism-birkbeck-13-15.asp
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bih/activities/ideaofcommunism
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009/ioc260309.html
http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/report-of-conference-on-the-idea-of-communism/
The idea of communism
Author: Slavoj Žižek; Costas Douzinas
Publisher: London : Verso, 2010.
Edition/Format:
Book : Conference publication : English
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Verso (October 4, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 184467455X
ISBN-13: 978-1844674558
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
ペーパーバック: 224ページ
出版社: Verso Books (2010/10/4)
言語 英語, 英語, 英語
ISBN-10: 1844674592
ISBN-13: 978-1844674596
発売日： 2010/10/4
商品の寸法: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Review
Separating the promise of communism from the disasters of the
twentieth century is no easy task. But it feels necessary. Already we
know that choices will have to be made and sides taken. Impending
ecological disaster suggests that this could be our last chance to do
so. If another world is possible, it will happen in action, not
abstract theory. The first choice is very simple: to begin.A" Guardian
Product Description
An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued
importance of communism. "Separating the promise of communism from the
disasters of the twentieth century is no easy task. But it feels
necessary. Already we know that choices will have to be made and sides
taken. Impending ecological disaster suggests that this could be our
last chance to do so. If another world is possible, it will happen in
action, not abstract theory. The first choice is very simple: to
begin."—The Guardian
Contributors Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Antoni Negri, Michael Hardt,
Jacques Rancière, Terry Eagleton, Jean-Luc Nancy, Susan Buck-Morss,
Bruno Bosteels, Peter Hallward, Alberto Toscano, Wang Hui and others
took part in a landmark conference in London on the idea of communism
in 2009. This volume brings together their discussions on the
philosophical and political import of the communist idea, highlighting
both its continuing significance and the need to reconfigure the
concept within a world marked by havoc and crisis.
About the Author
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a
professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of
the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College,
University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of
Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include First
as Tragedy, Then as Farce; Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle; In Defense of
Lost Causes; Living in the End Times; and many more.
Costas Douzinas is Professor of Law and Director of the Birkbeck
Institute for the Humanities, University of London. He is the author
of numerous works, including Human Rights and Empire, The End of Human
Rights, and Law and the Image: The Authority of Art and the Aesthetics
of Law.
