Interrogating the real / Slavoj Zizek ; edited by Rex Butler and Scott Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Žižek, Slavoj, author.

Contributor:

Butler, Rex, editor.

Stephens, Scott, editor.

Standardized Title:

Selections. 2006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Ideology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interrogating the Real is the first volume of the collected writings of Slavoj Zizek - undoubtedly one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators. Drawing upon the full range of his prolific output, the articles here cover psychoanalysis, philosophy and popular culture. Thematically organised, the book is divided into three sections and 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. This collection, along with the second volume - The Universal Exception - is an excelle

Contents:

section 1. Lacanian orientations

section 2. Philosophy traversed by psychoanalysis

section 3. The fantasy of ideology.

Notes:

"Expanded to include a brand new chapter"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-12307-X

9786613123077

1-4411-8730-8

OCLC:

727649507