{"product_id":"event-philosophy-in-transit","title":"Slavoj Zizek: Event [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eProbably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Zizek 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 Zizek, 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, Zizek 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 Zizek 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","brand":"Žižek, Slavoj","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46503951073619,"sku":"9781846146268","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51401659547987,"sku":"XV81846146268","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/zizek-slavoj-slavoj-zizek-event-2014-paperback-1178005965.jpg?v=1752512599","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/event-philosophy-in-transit","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}