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Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2023, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 49-57.

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On Slavoj Žižek's Dialectical Materialism

LI Xixiang   

  1. School of Marxism,Zhejiang Normal University,Jinhua 321004,China
  • Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-06-16

Abstract: Slavoj Žižek called his philosophy as “dialectical materialism”.In Parallax View,he proposed the theme of the revival of dialectical materialism,and in Less than Nothing and Absolute Recoil,he advanced his thinking about dialectical materialism.In Parallax View,Slavoj Žižek focused on the dialectic of parallax which is the dialectic that stresses the internal gaps,the internal minimum differences,and the internal negativity of things themselves.Using this dialectic to complement and define materialism is the premise of Slavoj Žižek's concept of dialectical materialism.In Less than Nothing,Slavoj Žižek discussed the void as nothing which is taken as the material basis of dialectical materialism,namely the material of the so-called dialectical materialism.In Absolute Recoil,Slavoj Žižek delved into the essence of dialectical materialism,that is,the thing retroactively determines itself,which is absolute recoil,and shaped the image of Hegel as a revolutionary,using it to understand the contemporary reality of society and interpret the historical development.

Key words: Slavoj Žižek, dialectical materialism, parallax view, less than nothing, absolute recoil

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