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The [[concept ]] of disparity has long been a topic of [[obsession ]] and argument for [[philosophers ]] but [[Slavoj Žižek ]] would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated.

Disparities explores contemporary ‘negative’ philosophies from Catherine Malabou’s plasticity, Julia Kristeva’s abjection and Robert Pippin’s [[self]]-[[consciousness ]] to the God of [[negative ]] [[theology]], new realisms and post-[[humanism ]] and draws a radical line under [[them]]. Instead of establishing a dialogue with these [[other ]] [[ideas ]] of disparity, Slavoj Žižek wants to establish a definite departure, a totally different [[idea ]] of disparity based on an imaginative [[dialectical ]] [[materialism]]. This [[notion ]] of rupturing what has gone before is based on a provocative [[reading ]] of how philosophers can, if they’re honest, engage with each other. Slavoj Žižek borrows [[Alain ]] Badiou’s notion that a [[true ]] idea is the one that [[divides]]. Radically departing from previous formulations of negativity and disparity, Žižek employs a new kind of negativity: namely positing that when a [[philosopher ]] deals with [[another ]] philosopher, his or her stance is never one of dialogue, but one of [[division]], of drawing a line that separates [[truth ]] from [[falsity]].