Žižek and his contemporaries : on the emergence of the Slovenian Lacan / Jones Irwin, Helena Motoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irwin, Jones, author.

Contributor:

Motoh, Helena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zizek, Slavoj.

Philosophy--Slovenia.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In recent years, the popularity of the inimitable Slavoj Žižek has perhaps cast a shadow over the collective influence exerted by Slovenian intellectuals on modern day philosophy. Yet despite his image as an isolated genius, this timely book relocates Žižek as a thinker whose ideas are born of a specifically Slovenian context. Although only coming to international notice in the early 1990s, the Slovenian school needs to be understood as the culmination of a series of intellectual, artistic and political movements inextricably connected to the quest for the succession of Slovenia from Yugoslavia. These developments in thought must also be seen in the light of one of the giants of Continental philosophy: Jacques Lacan.Featuring brand new interviews with three of its forerunners - Slavoj Žižek, Mladen Dolar and Alenka Zupancic - this fascinating account details each philosopher's individual concerns, whilst shedding light on the complex genealogy and continuing development of the Slovenian Neo-Lacanian school. Rarely are we afforded such an opportunity to study the birth of a philosophy from a seminal moment in modern history"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. What Was Going On In Ljubljana?

2. The Lacan Effect

3. From Punk to Cogito to Voice: On Mladen Dolar

4. 'Learn, Learn and Learn': On Slavoj Zizek

5. 'From Haso to Mujo': On Zupancic Epilogue: 'We Don't Know What Will Become Of This Psychoanalysis

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441153951

1441153950

9781472594044

1472594045

9781441158857

1441158855

OCLC:

1166385183