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Slavoj Žižek argues that the most visible “subjective” acts are only one portion of a wider triad, sustained by background conditions that keep producing and even legitimizing efforts to fight violence and promote tolerance. The book uses philosophical and cultural analysis to reframe fear, language, communication, tolerance, and “divine” violence through interconnected reflections.","VIOLENCE  \n‘As always, he combines the fruitfully combative, the densely intelligent, and the merely glib, sometimes in the  \nsame paragraph.’ Guardian‘An exhilarating, unsettling read …’ Dubliner‘His prose is dense but never foggy, graced by a wealth of jokes and anecdotes …’ Arena  \n‘ Violence is nothing if not an exciting read; provocative ideas abound on every page.’ Philosophy magazine  \n‘Žižek’s thoughtfully provocative book examines violence, treating the reader to an enjoyable and dazzling display of intellectual pyrotechnics.’ Jewish Chronicle  \n‘His diagnosis of this ideology is quite delightful, producing counter-intuitive analyses that overturn what passes for common sense.’ Independent  \n‘Žižek’s thoughts on such a difficult subject show him to bea serious, innovative and original thinker.’ Tribune  \nSLAVOJ ŽIŽEK is a Slovenian sociologist, postmodern philosopher and cultural critic. He is the author of over forty books and the subject of two major films: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema and Žižek! In 1990 he ran for Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia and is currently the international director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Birkbeck.  \nBIG IDEAS  \nGeneral editor: Lisa Appignanesi  \nAs the twenty-first century moves through its tumultuous first decade, we need to think about our world afresh. It’s time to revisit not only politics, but our passions andreoccupations, and our ways of seeing the world. The Big Ideas series challenges people who think about these subjects to think in public, where sound bites and polemics too often provide sound and fury but little light. These books will stir debate and continue to be important reading for years to come.  \nOther titles in the series include:  \nJulian Baggini Jenny Diski Paul Ginsborg Ian Hacking Eva Hoffman Steven Lukes Susie Orbach Renata Salecl  \nComplaint The Sixties Democracy Identity  \nCritical Time Moral Relativism Bodies  \nTyranny of Choice  \nVIOLENCE  \nSIX SIDEWAYS REFLECTIONS  \nSlavoj Žižek  \nThis paperback edition published in 2009  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2008 by PROFILE BOOKS LTD  \n3A Exmouth House  \nPine Street  \nLondon EC1R 0JH  \n[www. pro](www. pro)fi [lebooks. com](lebooks. com)  \nCopyright © Slavoj Žižek, 2008, 2009  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nTypeset in Minion by MacGuru Ltd [info@macguru. org. uk](info@macguru. org. uk)[ ](info@macguru. org. uk)Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookmarque Ltd, Croydon, Surrey The moral right of the  \nauthor has been asserted.  \nAll rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and  \nthe publisher of this book.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the  \nBritish Library.  \nISBN 978 1 84668 027 4  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction:  \nTHE TYRANT’S BLOODY ROBE  \n1  \nAdagio ma non troppo e molto espress ivo:  \nSOS VIOLENCE  \nViolence: Subjective and Objective The Good Men from Porto Davos A Liberal-Communist Village Sexuality in the Atonal World  \n2  \nAllegro moderato – Adagio:  \nFEAR THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF!  \nThe Politics of Fear  \nThe Neighbour Thing  \nThe Violence of Language  \n3  \nAndante ma non troppo e molto cantabile:  \n‘A BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED’  \nA Strange Case of Phatic Communication Terrorist Resentment  \nThe Subject Supposed to Loot and Rape  \n4  \nPresto:  \nANTINOMIES OF TOLERANT REASON  \nLiberalism or Fundamentalism? A plague on both their houses!  \nThe Jerusalem Chalk Circle  \nThe Anonymous Religion of Atheism  \n5  \nMolto adagio – Andante:  \nTOLERANCE AS AN IDEOLOGICAL CATEGORY  \nThe Culturalisation of Politics  \nThe Effective Universality  \nAcheronta move bo: The Infernal Regions  \n6  \nAllegro:  \nDIVINE VIOLENCE  \nBenjamin with Hitchcock  \nDivine Violence: What It I","cbCairOZ4xQetS82","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairOZ4xQetS82","pdf",1828600,5,1,270,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: THE TYRANT’S BLOODY ROBE\n## SOS VIOLENCE\n## FEAR THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF!\n## ‘A BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED’\n## ANTINOMIES OF TOLERANT REASON\n## TOLERANCE AS AN IDEOLOGICAL CATEGORY\n## DIVINE VIOLENCE\n# Epilogue: ADAGIO","[{\"question\":\"What central thesis connects the book’s reflections on violence?\",\"answer\":\"Žižek argues that subjective violence is the most visible part of a broader structure, and that similar paradoxes apply to how violence is perceived and countered. 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