Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory," and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular culture, literature and jokes all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Pervert's Guide to the Cinema and Zizek! reveal a theorist at the peak of his powers and a skilled communicator. Now Verso is making his classic titles, each of which stand as a core of his ever-expanding life's work, available as new editions. Each is beautifully re-packaged, including new introductions from Zizek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts for understanding Zizek's thought and thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy.
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By C. Harman
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Zizek's first book is a journey into the vacuum at the heart of ideology and 'the subject' himself. He reaches Hegel via a long journey exploring the thinking of Lacan - the Hegel that opposed Kant's idea of a more concrete, transcendant 'thing in itself' lying behind mere appearance. Hegel, rather, saw that behind appearance lies nothing other than our own subjectivity, a subjectivity which is based on an illusory, formal construct. Ideology itself is presented as another construct of this type, at the heart of which is the empty space of 'the real'. Zizek also presents Lacan's themes of 'che vuoi?', in which the limitations of ideology are seen in relation to human nature, and the psychoanalytic perpective on the 'symptom'. According to Lacan it was Marx who invented the symptom and, in the context of this book, can be seen as a motivation for ideological thought. Zizek is however more than just a barrow-boy for these 2 influential thinkers, and offers his own insights and a welcome entertainment value in the form of many references to works of art and cultural icons.
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By M. AL-HILAL
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this is one of the best books. I bought this book, and I also intend to translate it into arabic so that other people who do not spak english can read it.
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By Philip Shea
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Good book. Now I would like reading the version for the Jews.
In this version WE would be the others and the Jews would be the centre of the world
In this version WE would be the others and the Jews would be the centre of the world
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