{"product_id":"zizek-a-readers-guide-hardback-9780470674758","title":"Zizek; A Reader's Guide (Hardback) 9780470674758","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZizek\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reader's Guide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWood provides an excellent guidebook through ?i?ek’s thought. This book is a tremendously clear, thorough and valuable resource for anyone interested in the most influential philosopher of our time.\u003cbr\u003e -Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kelsey Wood has done something simple and invaluable: a comprehensive account of all ?i?ek's books in English. Apart from providing an indespensible tool and a reference book for the future, he has done a lot more than that, for on each page his account is engaged, passionate, well informed and insightful, displaying a deep understanding of ?i?ek's thought and its development.\u003cbr\u003e -Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana and Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKelsey Wood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470674758, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.574 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive overview of Slavoj Zizek's thought, including all of his published works to date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a solid basis in the work of an engaging thinker and teacher whose ideas will continue to inform philosophical, psychological, political, and cultural discourses well into the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies the major currents in Zizek's thought, discussing all of his works and providing a background in continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory necessary to its understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores Zizek's growing popularity through his engagement in current events, politics, and cultural studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePertains to a variety of fields, including contemporary philosophy, psychology, cultural studies, sociology, political science, esthetics, literary theory, film theory, and theology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEpigraphs ix  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eThe Sublime Object of Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 \u003ci\u003eFor They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor\u003c\/i\u003e 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 \u003ci\u003eLooking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 \u003ci\u003eEnjoy Your Symptom! Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out\u003c\/i\u003e 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eTarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 \u003ci\u003eThe Metastases of Enjoyment: On Women and Causality\u003c\/i\u003e 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \u003ci\u003eThe Indivisible Remainder: On Schelling and Related Matters\u003c\/i\u003e 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 \u003ci\u003eThe Plague of Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 \u003ci\u003eThe Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch’s Lost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 \u003ci\u003eThe Fragile Absolute: or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?\u003c\/i\u003e 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 \u003ci\u003eOn Belief\u003c\/i\u003e 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 \u003ci\u003eThe Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof Kies´lowski between Theory and Post-Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 \u003ci\u003eDid Somebody Say Totalitarianism? Five Interventions in the (Mis)use of a Notion\u003c\/i\u003e 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Desert of the Real\u003c\/i\u003e 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 \u003ci\u003eThe Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 \u003ci\u003eOrgans without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 \u003ci\u003eIraq: The Borrowed Kettle\u003c\/i\u003e 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 \u003ci\u003eThe Parallax View\u003c\/i\u003e 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 \u003ci\u003eViolence\u003c\/i\u003e 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Conclusion 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 322\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\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":52278020342040,"sku":"9780470674758","price":95.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470674758.jpg?v=1781455796","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zizek-a-readers-guide-hardback-9780470674758","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}