{"product_id":"the-zizek-reader-hardback-9780631212003","title":"The Zizek Reader (Hardback) 9780631212003","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Zizek Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Wright (Edited by), Wright (Author), Edmond Wright (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631212003, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 January 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e345 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.3 x 3 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Zizek is, in fact, the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.\" \u003ci\u003eTerry Eagleton, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Zizek Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to his thinking and contains the first systematic criticism of his work, in editorial introductions to each essay. In his own preface, Zizek makes his gambit explicit by his categorical rejection of the 'hegemonic trends' of today's academia.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Zizek Reader\u003c\/i\u003e - which includes a Foreword by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace - provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the flamboyant work of a figure who has been variously described as 'one of the most arresting, insightful and scandalous thinkers in recent memory' and 'the Giant of Ljubljana.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollects work by one of the most arresting and scandalous thinkers of our time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAids the reader to understand the often complex thinking of both Lacan and Zizek\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: Burning the Bridges by Slavoj Zizek. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Undergrowth of Enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Obscene Object of Postmodernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Spectre of Ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Fantasy as a Political Category.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Is it Possible to Traverse the Fantasy in Cyberspace?\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Woman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Otto Weininger, or 'Woman doesn't Exist'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Courtly Love, or Woman as Thing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. There is No Sexual Relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Death and the Maiden.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Hegel's 'Logic of Essence' as a Theory of Ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Schelling-in-Itself: The Orgasm of Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. A Hair of the Dog that Bit You.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Kant with (or against) Sade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Of Cells and Selves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavoj Žižek: Bibliography of Worlds in English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language: reference \u0026amp; general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: reference \u0026amp; general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20reference%20\u0026amp;%20general%20%5BCB%5D%22\"\u003eCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316814377240,"sku":"9780631212003","price":102.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631212003.jpg?v=1781826423","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-zizek-reader-hardback-9780631212003","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}