FIVE. Bartleby by Nature: German Idealism, Biology, and Žižek’s Compatibilism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface Drawing Lines—Žižek’s Speculative Dialectics xi
4. Acknowledgments xxxv
5. Introduction: Sublating Absolute Idealism—Žižekian Materialist Reversals 1
6. ONE. “Freedom or System? Yes, Please!”: Spinozisms of Freedom and the Post-Kantian Aftermath Then and Now 11
7. TWO. Where to Start?: Deflating Hegel’s Deflators 38
8. THREE. Contingency, Pure Contingency—Without Any Further Determination: Hegelian Modalities 74
9. FOUR. Materialism Sans Materialism: Žižekian Substance Deprived of Its Substance 129
10. FIVE. Bartleby by Nature: German Idealism, Biology, and Žižek’s Compatibilism 151
11. Conclusion: Driven On—the (Meta)Dialectics of Drive and Desire 187
12. Notes 249
13. Bibliography 299
14. Index 321