{"product_id":"9781846146268-event","title":"Event","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilosophy in Transit\u003cbr\u003eAn Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love. This book examines the new and highly-contested concept of Event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Žižek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is really happening when something happens?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the second in a new series of accessible, commute-length books of original thought, Slavoj Žižek, one of the world's greatest living philosophers, examines the new and highly-contested concept of \u003ci\u003eEvent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love. Taking us on a trip which stops at different definitions of Event, Žižek addresses fundamental questions such as: are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that's constantly changing, is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema, the Big Bang to Buddhism, \u003ci\u003eEvent\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting and elementary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and Communist political activist. He is the author of numerous books on dialectical materialism, critique of ideology and art. His main work is\u003ci\u003e Less Than Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, a study on the actuality of Hegelian dialectics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31694765129825,"sku":"9781846146268","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34529450_1ca564ed-d53e-4b5a-919c-caffee903d7f.jpg?v=1747979081","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846146268-event","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}