The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Zizek
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. Zizek takes issue with analysts of the postmodern condition from Habermas to Sloterdijk, showing that the idea of a 'post-ideological' world ignores the fact that 'even if we do not take things seriously, we are still doing them'. Rejecting postmodernism's unified world of surfaces, he traces a line of thought from Hegel to Althusser and Lacan, in which the human subject is split, divided by a deep antagonism which determines social reality and through which ideology operates. 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.
a brilliant book.. . If Zizek is out of touch with contemporary philosophy, I am the bishop of Ulan Bator ... . Pedagogic clarity and a gift for entertainment are two of the many excellences. * Radical Philosophy *
Slavoj Zizek, the Giant of Ljubljana, ... provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus * Voice Literary Supplement *
Slavoj Zizek, the Giant of Ljubljana, ... provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus * Voice Literary Supplement *
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a sen-ior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Less Than Nothing, six volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860919711 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860919714 |
| Title | The Sublime Object of Ideology |
| Author | Slavoj Zizek |
| Series | Phronesis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 1989-11-17 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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