{"product_id":"zizek-and-the-media-hardback-9780745643670","title":"Zizek and the Media (Hardback) 9780745643670","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZizek and the Media\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\"\u003ePaul A. Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745643670, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 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\"An eloquent and compelling insight into the worldview of ?i?ek and his contribution to the fields of medi and cultural analysis … It is nothing less than a myth-busting exposition of how, in the age of media saturation, we are directed to live and perceive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedia, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Ask not for whom theory waits, motionless - it waits for all of us in Paul Taylor's excellent \u003ci\u003eZizek and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedia Education Research Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Taylor does a superb job of showing how electrifying and profound the media current that flows through Zizek's work really is.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoan Copjec, University at Buffalo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Taylor's \u003ci\u003eZizek and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e provides a thorough introduction to the paradoxes and subtleties of Slavoj Zizek's thought, and at the same time it articulates a compelling theory of how the contemporary media functions in unforeseen ways. Taylor's originality derives from his vigilant attention to forms. He is the first to explain fully how the idiosyncratic form in which Zizek presents his philosophy emerges out of its content. And in the process, he grasps what makes Zizek's such a penetrating critique of our media universe. Taylor's book goes beyond being a book about Zizek and becomes one that enacts Zizek's mode of thinking on its readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTodd McGowan, University of Vermont\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All jokes aside, this is a seriously serious book. Zizek is one of the most media-savvy of all contemporary philosophers, and medium in the form of the concrete universal is one of his most important concepts. Paul Taylor does a terrific job putting together these two sides of Zizek to produce a provocative parallax view.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRex Butler, University of Queensland\u003c\/b\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\"\u003eSlavoj Zizek reaches the parts of the media that other theorists cannot. With sources ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Quentin Tarantino and Desperate Housewives to Dostoyevsky, Zizek mixes high theory with low culture more engagingly than any other thinker alive today. His prolific output includes such media friendly content as a TV series (The Pervert's Guide to Cinema) a documentary movie (Zizek!) and a wealth of YouTube clips. A celebrity academic, he walks the media talk.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZizek and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e provides a systematic and approachable introduction to the main concepts and themes of Zizek's work, and their particular implications for the study of the media. The book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the radical nature of Zizek's media politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses Zizekian insights to expose the profound intellectual limitations of conventional approaches to the media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the psychoanalytical and philosophical roots of Zizek's work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the reader with Zizekian tools to uncover the hidden ideologies of everyday media content;\u003cbr\u003e Explains the ultimate seriousness that underlies his numerous jokes.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs likely to discuss Homer's Springfield as Ithaca, Zizek is shown to be the ideal guide for today's mediascape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: The Dog’s Bollocks . . . at the Media Dinner Party viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘The Marx Brother’, ‘The Elvis of Cultural Theory’, and Other Media Cliches 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Mediated Imp of the Perverse 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ?i?ek’s Tickling Shtick 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Big (Br)Other: Psychoanalysing the Media 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Understanding Media: The Sublime Objectification of Ideology 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Media’s Violence 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Joker’s Little Shop of Ideological Horrors 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Don’t Just Do It: Negative Dialectics in the Age of Nike 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407311139096,"sku":"9780745643670","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745643670.jpg?v=1784160827","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zizek-and-the-media-hardback-9780745643670","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}