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Synopsis
In this provocative and original work, Slavoj i ek 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. i ek 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.
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Review
"The Elvis of cultural theory."--"Chronicle of Higher Education""The giant of Ljubljana provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus."--"The Village Voice""The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in many decades."--Terry Eagleton"Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism"--"The Times"" i ek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative."--"Guardian"" i ek is one of the few living writers to combine theoretical rigor with compulsive readability."--"Publishers Weekly"" i ek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation"--"New Yorker"
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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.
'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
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- PublisherVerso Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0860912566
- ISBN 13 9780860912569
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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