{"product_id":"on-practice-and-contradiction-9781844675876","title":"On Practice and Contradiction","description":"These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions, and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time. Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Žižek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMao Tse-Tung\u003c\/b\u003e was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and Communist leader. He led the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528383435026,"sku":"9781844675876","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df5a431f-ea17-4949-83d6-a525fed6b042.jpg?v=1774962383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-practice-and-contradiction-9781844675876","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}