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Hegel in A Wired Brain

Slavoj Žižek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about our new posthuman era.

 

No ordinary study of Hegel, Hegel in a Wired Brain investigates what he might have had to say about the idea of the 'wired brain' - what happens when a direct link between our mental processes and a digital machine emerges. Žižek explores the phenomenon of a wired brain effect, and what might happen when we can share our thoughts directly with others. He hones in on the key question of how it shapes our experience and status as 'free' individuals and asks what it means to be human when a machine can read our minds.

 

With characteristic verve and enjoyment of the unexpected, Žižek connects Hegel to the world we live in now, shows why he is much more fun than anyone gives him credit for, and why the 21st century might just be Hegelian.

Hegel in A Wired Brain

  • Slavoj Žižek

    A new, radical Žižekian reading of Hegel - the man and his work - to mark 250 years since his birth.

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    Serbian; Polish; Turkish; Russian; Italian; Chinese Simplified; Spanish
  • Book Details

    Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
    Publication Date: 23-07-2020
    Format: Hardback | 198 x 129mm | 208 pages
  • About the Author

    Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, USA, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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