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Slavoj Zizek » Read Now
by Tony Myers. 146 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a...
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Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed , to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled, including:* What is a Subject and why is it so important?* The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real* What is so terrible about Postmodernity?* How can we distinguish reality from ideology?* What is the relationship between men and women?* Why is Racism always a fantasy? Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.
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Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 300 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

ÒSlavoj Zizek, the giant of Ljubljana, . . . provides the best intellectual high since Anti-OedipusÓ --Scott Malcolmson, Voice Literary Supplement
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On Belief » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 170 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book.From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is...
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What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book.From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is 'Western Buddhism', On Belief gets behind the contours of the way we normally think about belief, in particular Judaism and Christianity. Holding up the so-called authenticity of religious belief to critical light, Zizek draws on psychoanalysis, film and philosophy to reveal in startling fashion that nothing could be worse for believers than their beliefs turning out to be true.
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Cogito and the Unconscious (Chap. 3 "Four Discourses, Four Subjects" by Slavoj Zizek and Chap. 9 "The Cartesian Subject versus the Cartesian Theater" by Slavoj Zizek) » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 288 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library
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Mapping Ideology (Introduction "The Spectre of Ideology" and Chap. 14 "How Did Marx Invent the Symptom?" by Slavoj Zizek) » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 352 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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Hitchcock : Past and Future » Read Now
by Richard Allen, Sam Ishii-Gonzáles. 284 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

This new collection of writings on Alfred Hitchcock considers Hitchcock both in his time and as a continuing influence on filmmakers, films and film theory. The contributions, who include leading scholars such as Slavoj Zizek, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, and James Naremore, discuss canonical films...
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This new collection of writings on Alfred Hitchcock considers Hitchcock both in his time and as a continuing influence on filmmakers, films and film theory. The contributions, who include leading scholars such as Slavoj Zizek, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, and James Naremore, discuss canonical films such as Notorious and The Birds alongside lesser-known works including Juno and the Paycock and Frenzy . Articles are grouped into four thematic sections: 'Authorship and Aesthetics' examines Hitchcock as auteur and investigates central topics in Hitchcockian aesthetics. 'French Hitchcock' looks at Hitchcock's influence on filmmakers such as Chabrol, Truffaut and Rohmer, and how film critics such as Bazin and Deleuze have engaged with Hitchcock's work. 'Poetics and Politics of Identity' explores the representation of personal and political in Hitchcock's work. The final section, 'Death and Transfiguration' addresses the manner in which the spectacle and figuration of death haunts the narrative universe of Hitchcock's films, in particular his subversive masterpiece Psycho .
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From Courtly Love to The Crying Game, in New Left Review » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 16 pgs.

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Iraq's False Promises, in Foreign Policy » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 8 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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When the Party Commits Suicide, in New Left Review » Read Now
by Slavoj Zizek. 22 pgs.

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Thinking Aslant: Zizek and Pragmatism, in Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society » Read Now
by Gustavo Guerra. 8 pgs.
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The Sublime Theorist of Slovenia, in Artforum International » Read Now
by Peter Canning. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library