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Title: The Plague of Fantasies (Wo Es War) by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 1-85984-193-7 Publisher: Verso Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lacanian pyschoanalysis applied to politics
Comment: Zizek's claim to fame is his rapacious wit, keen insights, and his profound, hilarious and shocking use of anecdotes. Here, Zizek focuses on the relation between fantasy and desire, and the latter he sees as rooted fully in the former. Fantasy, he argues, is the foundation for political and social action. As a Marxist, he makes an interesting some interesting arguments along a line that is seemingly contradictory to his ideological convictions employing Lacan heavily but also drawing upon and offering some interesting interpretations of Hegel. He ends the book with insights on how the digitization of our universe--overly fantasized--as alienated us from our corporeality. This he views negatively as a plague--finally suggesting that the task of critical theory is the inverse of the traditional one starting with concrete social reality and then moving to abstract notions. Rather, the pseudo-concrete and virtual which now structure our lives must be debunked. His writing is erratic but intrepid and certainly worth the effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: joussance?
Comment: hard but joyfull studyng- my best boo
Rating: 5
Summary: Reading Theory Isn't Supposed to Be This Fun, Is It?
Comment: For those who enjoy the challenge of reading high theory but are put off by the dry, abstract, pretentious ramblings that more often than not constitute theoretical writing, Zizek is the theorist for you. Is there another theorist alive who can on one page explicate the finer points of Lacan, Hegel and Kant, while on the next page tie it all in with the three most popular female pubic hair styles, homosexual ; and subtle distinctions among toilet designs in Germany, France, and the United States? Perhaps. But Zizek makes these seemingly awkward transitions and uncommon examples quite smoothly; the outrageous examples aren't forced, nor are they merely for "shock" value. In short, they work to clarify the difficult concepts he is discussing. Although Zizek is not what I'd call an easy read - not by a long shot - he certainly knows how to make a challenge a bit less stressful and - gasp! - fun. END
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Title: The Sublime Object of Ideology (Phronesis (Paperback)) by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 0860919714 Publisher: Verso Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 1859842917 Publisher: Verso Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 0415969212 Publisher: Roultledge Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity (Short Circuits) by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 0262740257 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture (October Books) by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 026274015X Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 08 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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