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Ontological Catastrophe

- Zizek and the Paradoxical Metaphysics of German Idealism

Ontological CatastropheBy Graham Harman
About Ontological Catastrophe

In Ontological Catastrophe, Joseph Carew takes up the central question guiding Slavoj Zizek's philosophy: How could something like phenomenal reality emerge out of the meaninglessness of the Real? Carefully reconstructing and expanding upon his controversial reactualization of German Idealism, Carew argues that Zizek offers us an original, but perhaps terrifying, response: experience is possible only if we presuppose a prior moment of breakdown as the ontogenetic basis of subjectivity. Drawing upon resources found in Zizek, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and post-Kantian philosophy, Carew thus develops a new critical metaphysics--a metaphysics which is a variation upon the late German Idealist theme of balancing system and freedom, realism and idealism, in a single, self-reflexive theoretical construct--that challenges our understanding of nature, culture, and the ultimate structure of reality.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781607853084
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 324
  • Published:
  • November 3, 2014
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 3, 2025

Description of Ontological Catastrophe

In Ontological Catastrophe, Joseph Carew takes up the central question guiding Slavoj Zizek's philosophy: How could something like phenomenal reality emerge out of the meaninglessness of the Real? Carefully reconstructing and expanding upon his controversial reactualization of German Idealism, Carew argues that Zizek offers us an original, but perhaps terrifying, response: experience is possible only if we presuppose a prior moment of breakdown as the ontogenetic basis of subjectivity. Drawing upon resources found in Zizek, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and post-Kantian philosophy, Carew thus develops a new critical metaphysics--a metaphysics which is a variation upon the late German Idealist theme of balancing system and freedom, realism and idealism, in a single, self-reflexive theoretical construct--that challenges our understanding of nature, culture, and the ultimate structure of reality.

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