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Zusatztext 'One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left.' TLS Informationen zum Autor Slavoj Zizek Klappentext Interrogating the Real is the first volume of the collected writings of Slavoj Zizek - undoubtedly one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators, and one of the most inspiring, provocative and entertaining cultural critics at work today. Drawing upon the full range of his prolific output, the articles here cover psychoanalysis, philosophy and popular culture, reflecting the remarkable breadth and depth of Zizek's interest in politics, culture and philosophy, and also showcasing his entertaining style. A full and clear sense of Zizekian philosophy emerges, derived from Hegelian dialectics, Marxist politics and Lacanian psychoanalysis. At the same time, Zizek's witty and accessible approach to his subject and his choice of exemplars from pop culture ensure that this is a consistently fresh and surprising body of work. The book includes a new preface by Zizek himself, as well as an introduction by the editors and a helpful glossary for those coming to Zizek's work for the first time. Zusammenfassung Presents collected writings of Slavoj Zizek - one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators. Drawing upon a range of his prolific output, the articles here cover psychoanalysis, philosophy and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface by Slavoj Zizek 'The Thing Itself' Appears: Introducing the Work of Slavoj Zizek Part One: Lacanian Orientations 1. The Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis in Yugoslavia 2. Why Lavan is Hegelian 3. The Most Sublime of Hysterics: Hegel with Lacan 4. Connections of the Freudian Field to Philosophy and Popular Culture 5. Lacan between Cultural Studies and Cognitivism Part Two: Philosophy Traversed by Psychoanalysis 6. The Limits of the Semiotic Approach to Psychoanalysis 7. A Hair of the Dog That Bit You 8. Hegel, Lacan, Deleuze: Three Strange Bedfellows 9. The Eclipse of Meaning: On Lacan and Deconstruction 10. The Parallax View Part Three: The Fantasy of Ideology 11. Between Symbolic Fiction and Fantasmic Spectre: Towards a Lacanian Theory of Ideology 12. Beyond Discourse Analysis 13. Re-visioning 'Lacanian' Social Criticism: The Law and its Obscene Double 14. Why is Wagner Worth Saving? 15. The Real of Sexual Difference Glossary...
