'History is made at night' - a 24-hour event to launch Žižek's 'Less Than Nothing', London, 15-16 June

History is made at night

A 24-hour event to launch Slavoj Žižek's masterwork on the Hegelian legacy 

Less Than Nothing

Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

Friday 15 – Saturday 16 June at Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL

"I am writing a mega-book about Hegel. It is a true work of love. This is my true life's work. Even Lacan is just a tool for me to read Hegel. For me, always it is Hegel,Hegel, Hegel… but people just want the shitty politics." Slavoj Žižek

About the event:

Verso is pleased to present History is made at night: a special event over 24 hours at Cafe Oto to launch Less Than Nothing, the new book by the radical philosopher,polymath, film star and cult icon, Slavoj Žižek.

The event will start with a seminar introducing the thought of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel given by philosopher and writer Iain Hamilton Grant. Žižek will then give a talk, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions and have books signed during a break after the talk.

“Only when the dusk starts to fall does the owl of Minerva spread its wings and fly.” Hegel, Philosophy of Right

An overnight read-in for night owls and dreamers will begin at 10.30pm: a collective event of reading and performing philosophy, bringing into play the questions around language, subjectivity and experience explored in the book.