| Description |
xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Phronesis |
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Phronesis (London, England)
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| Contents |
Introduction ---- Part I. The Symptom. 1. How did Marx invent the Symptom? --- 2. From Symptom to Sinthome ---- Part II. Lack in the Other. 3. 3 'Che Vuoi?' --- 4. You Only Die Twice ---- Part III. The Subject. 5. Which Subject of the Real? --- 6. 'Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject |
| Summary |
In this provocative and original work, Slavoj Zizek takes a look at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. From the sinking of the Titanic to Hitchcock's Rear Window, from the operas of Wagner to science fiction, from Alien to the Jewish Joke, the author's acute analyses explore the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. Linking key psychoanalytical and philosophical concepts to social phenomena such as totalitarianism and racism, the book explores the political significance of these fantasies of control. In so doing, The Sublime Object of Ideology represents a powerful contribution to a psychoanalytical theory of ideology, as well as offering persuasive interpretations of a number of contemporary cultural formations. -- Back cover |
| Analysis |
Ideology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index |
| Subject |
Ideology and literature.
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Ideology.
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Philosophy.
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Postmodernism.
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| LC no. |
90104104 |
| ISBN |
0860912566 |
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0860919714 paperback |
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9780860912569 |
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9780860919711 paperback |
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