商品簡介
An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of communist principles
In 2009 Slavoj iek brought together an acclaimed group of intellectuals to discuss the continued relevance of the idea of communism. Unexpectedly the conference attracted an audience of over 1,000 people. The discussion has continued across the world and this book features responses from the conference in Seoul. It includes the interventions of regular contributors Alain Badiou and Slavoj iek, as well as work from across Asia, notably from the Chinese scholar Wang Hui, offering regional perspectives on communism in an era of global economic crisis and political upheaval. What does it mean to talk of communism as an emancipatory possibility to a geographical neighbour of North Korea, Vietnam or China?
作者簡介
Alex Taek-Gwang Lee is Associate Professor at Kyung Hee University.
Slavoj iek 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 Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, In Defense of Lost Causes, four volumes of theEssential iek, and many more.
