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6Žižek’s Revival of Hegelian Dialectics and Contribution to 4th Wave Grounded Theory

I would like to demonstrate how Hegel’s dialectic is the double movement of the negation of the negation is in relationship to our theme of qualitative-multiplicity. In Part I, I will therefore demonstrate Hegel’s negation of the negation method, giving some examples. Along the way I will point out Hegel’s use of multiplicity in relation to Oneness, as he does his negation of the negation method. In Part II, I will explore Žižek’s coupling of negation of the negation dialectic method with Jacques Lacan’s dialectic approach to psychoanalysis. In Part III, we will return to Barad’s work, and address some critiques Žižek has leveled, as he reworks Barad quantum ...