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‘Liberal Multiculturalism is the Hegemony – Its an Empirical Fact’ – A response to Slavoj Žižek

by Sara Ahmed • 19 Feb 08

In his plenary talk at the Law and Critique Conference (2007)[1] Slavoj Žižek repeatedly asserted that liberal multiculturalism – and its ‘politically correct’ premise of respecting the other’s difference – is hegemonic. When asked questions about this position from the…


Update – Extimité: On Žižek and Race

by Ash Sharma • 10 Nov 07

Call for Papers – Special issue of International Journal of Žižek Studies http://zizekstudies.org/

Guest Editors: Ashwani Sharma ash.disorient@gmail.com and Valerie Hill val.hill@coventry.ac.uk

The notion of race is routinely invoked in contemporary academia while at the same time its analysis is…