Slavoj Žižek, Living in the End Times

Kelsey Wood (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Critical Theory
Cultural Studies

Dates

First circulation or publication 2010

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United Kingdom (Publication/ performance)

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The question is whether every ethical universality is necessarily based on the exclusion of the abyss of the neighbor, or whether, to the contrary, there might be a universality which does

not

exclude the neighbor. Our answer affirms the latter: namely, the universality grounded in the ‘part-of-no-part,’ the singular universality exemplified in those who are ‘out of place’ in it and as such directly stand for the universal dimension. (Slavoj Žižek,

Living in the End Times

, p. 124)

Introduction

Living in the End Times (2010) boldly predicts the demise of global capitalism. Žižek discerns four signs of the collapse of global capitalism: ecological crisis; consequences of the biogenetic revolution; imbalances within the system itself (e.g., conflicts involving

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Citation: Wood, Kelsey. "Living in the End Times". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 March 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34929, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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