On Practice and Contradiction (Revolutions)

by Mao Zedong (Author), Mao Zedong (Author), Slavoj Zizek (Introduction)

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These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time. Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Zizek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon.

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These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time. Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Zizek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 17 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 1844675874
ISBN 13: 9781844675876

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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer, which we use to crush the enemy. - Mao Zedong

Author Bio

Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is also visiting professor at the United States universities (Columbia, Princeton, New School for Social Research, New York, and the University of Michigan).