{"product_id":"event","title":"Event","description":"\u003cp\u003eProbably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Žižek 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 Žižek, 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, Žižek 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 Žižek 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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316398924158,"sku":"NW9781846146268","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781846146268.jpg?v=1778654089","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/event","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}