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Slavoj Žižek is undoubtedly one of the world''s leading cultural critics. His witty, psychoanalytically-inspired analyses of contemporary society have almost single-handedly revived the notion of ideology. His brilliant commentaries on the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the 19th century German Idealists have brought alive their often difficult ideas for a new generation of readers. But does Žižek have anything to say in his own right? Is there a system of thought that we can properly call "" Žižekian""? This book argues that there is, through a reading of two terms in his work—the mast

This essay is an analysis of a series of writings by the Australian intellectual historian Ian Hunter on the subject of 'theory'. It examines the methodological issues raised by attempting to write a history of theory. The essay particularly seeks to analyse the various aporias at stake in Hunter's project: between the empirical and the transcendental, between history and the event, and between theory and 'empirical' history. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]

In this essay, the authors consider Colin McCahon's so-called Last Paintings, the series of four paintings found in his studio after his death. The status of these works has always been ambiguous. Were they actually completed by McCahon or left abandoned? Are the artistic effects found within them intentional or merely the effect of chance? Against most readings of McCahon, which decide one way or another, the authors try to keep both options open. They attempt to show how this might work with regard to the painting understood to be McCahon's very last, I considered all the acts of oppression (1981).

This special issue has its origins in a symposium held at Monash University in February 2020 in honour of the centenary of the birth of Colin McCahon (1919–1987). Six of its nine articles are revised versions of papers from the symposium. Three others, by Leonard Bell, Anna Parlane and Matariki Williams, are invited contributions.