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The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime

Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295741857
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime written by Slavoj Zizek and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime is first of all the detailed reading of David Lynch's The Lost Highway, based on the premises of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Lynch's unique universe of the ?ridiculous sublime? is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society. A master of reversals, Zizek invites the reader to reexamine with him easy assumptions, received opinion, and current critical trends, as well as pose tough questions about the ways in which we understand our world and culture. He offers provocative readings of Casablanca, Schindler's List, and Life Is Beautiful in the process of examining topics as diverse'and as closely linked'as ethics, politics, and cyberspace.

The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime

Author : Slavoj Žižek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime written by Slavoj Žižek and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sublime Object of Ideology

Author : Slavoj Žižek
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9780860919711
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Sublime Object of Ideology written by Slavoj Žižek and published by Verso. This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and original work, Slavoj _i_ek takes a look at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. From the sinking of the Titanic to Hitchcock’s Rear Window, from the operas of Wagner to science fiction, from Alien to the Jewish Joke, the author’s acute analyses explore the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. _i_ek takes issue with analysts of the postmodern condition from Habermas to Sloterdijk, showing that the idea of a ‘post-ideological’ world ignores the fact that ‘even if we do not take things seriously, we are still doing them’. Rejecting postmodernism’s unified world of surfaces, he traces a line of thought from Hegel to Althusser and Lacan, in which the human subject is split, divided by a deep antagonism which determines social reality and through which ideology operates. Linking key psychoanalytical and philosophical concepts to social phenomena such as totalitarianism and racism, the book explores the political significance of these fantasies of control. In so doing, The Sublime Object of Ideology represents a powerful contribution to a psychoanalytical theory of ideology, as well as offering persuasive interpretations of a number of contemporary cultural formations.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek

Author : Russell Sbriglia
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822373386
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek written by Russell Sbriglia and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the widely-held assumption that Slavoj Žižek's work is far more germane to film and cultural studies than to literary studies, this volume demonstrates the importance of Žižek to literary criticism and theory. The contributors show how Žižek's practice of reading theory and literature through one another allows him to critique, complicate, and advance the understanding of Lacanian psychoanalysis and German Idealism, thereby urging a rethinking of historicity and universality. His methodology has implications for analyzing literature across historical periods, nationalities, and genres and can enrich theoretical frameworks ranging from aesthetics, semiotics, and psychoanalysis to feminism, historicism, postcolonialism, and ecocriticism. The contributors also offer Žižekian interpretations of a wide variety of texts, including Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Samuel Beckett's Not I, and William Burroughs's Nova Trilogy. The collection includes an essay by Žižek on subjectivity in Shakespeare and Beckett. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek affirms Žižek's value to literary studies while offering a rigorous model of Žižekian criticism. Contributors. Shawn Alfrey, Daniel Beaumont, Geoff Boucher, Andrew Hageman, Jamil Khader, Anna Kornbluh, Todd McGowan, Paul Megna, Russell Sbriglia, Louis-Paul Willis, Slavoj Žižek

The Sublime Object of Ideology

Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1844673006
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Sublime Object of Ideology written by Slavoj Zizek and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavoj Žižek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the “Elvis of cultural theory”, and today’s most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular culture, literature and jokes—all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Pervert’s Guide to the Cinema and Žižek! reveal a theorist at the peak of his powers and a skilled communicator. Now Verso is making his classic titles, each of which stand as a core of his ever-expanding life’s work, available as new editions. Each is beautifully re-packaged, including new introductions from Žižek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts for understanding Žižek’s thought and thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy. The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slavoj Žižek’s first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.

The Sublime

Author : Philip Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134493193
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Sublime written by Philip Shaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often labelled as ‘indescribable’, the sublime is a term that has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists. Usually related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines. Offering historical overviews and explanations, Philip Shaw looks at: the legacy of the earliest, classical theories of the sublime through the romantic to the postmodern and avant-garde sublimity the major theorists of the sublime such as Kant, Burke, Lyotard, Derrida, Lacan and Zizek, offering critical introductions to each the significance of the concept through a range of literary readings including the Old and New testaments, Homer, Milton and writing from the romantic era how the concept of the sublime has affected other art forms such as painting and film, from abstract expressionism to David Lynch’s neo-noir. This remarkably clear study of what is, in essence, a term which evades definition, is essential reading for students of literature, critical and cultural theory.

Zizek

Author : Kelsey Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118269802
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Zizek written by Kelsey Wood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of Slavoj Zizek's thought, including all of his published works to date. Provides 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 Identifies 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 Explores Zizek's growing popularity through his engagement in current events, politics, and cultural studies Pertains to a variety of fields, including contemporary philosophy, psychology, cultural studies, sociology, political science, esthetics, literary theory, film theory, and theology

The Impossible David Lynch

Author : Todd McGowan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231139557
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book The Impossible David Lynch written by Todd McGowan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd McGowan studies Lynch's talent for blending the bizarre and the normal to emphasise the odd nature of normality itself. In Lynch's movies, fantasy becomes a means through which the viewer is encouraged to build a revolutionary relationship with the world.

The Grove Book of Art Writing

Author : Martin Gayford
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802137203
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Grove Book of Art Writing written by Martin Gayford and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thoughts and ideas about art spanning thousands of years, from Pliny the Elder to Picasso.

The Žižek Dictionary

Author : Rex Butler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317324439
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Žižek Dictionary written by Rex Butler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavoj Žižek is the most popular and discussed philosopher in the world today. His prolific writings – across philosophy, psychoanalysis, political and social theory, film, music and religion – always engage and provoke. The power of his ideas, the breadth of his references, his capacity for playfulness and confrontation, his willingness to change his mind and his refusal fundamentally to alter his argument – all have worked to build an extraordinary international readership as well as to elicit much critical reaction. The Žižek Dictionary brings together leading Žižek commentators from across the world to present a companion and guide to Žižekian thought. Each of the 60 short essays examines a key term and, crucially, explores its development across Žižek’s work and how it fits in with other concepts and concerns. The dictionary will prove invaluable both to readers coming to Žižek for the first time and to those already embarked on the Žižekian journey.

The Art of Noticing

Author : Rob Walker
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525521259
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Noticing written by Rob Walker and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative, thought-provoking gift book to awaken your senses and attune them to the things that matter in your life. Welcome to the era of white noise. Our lives are in constant tether to phones, to email, and to social media. In this age of distraction, the ability to experience and be present is often lost: to think and to see and to listen. Enter Rob Walker's The Art of Noticing. This gorgeously illustrated volume will spark your creativity--and most importantly, help you see the world anew. Through a series of simple and playful exercises--131 of them--Walker maps ways for you to become a clearer thinker, a better listener, a more creative workplace colleague and finally, to rediscover your sense of passion and to notice what really matters to you.

Approaching Twin Peaks

Author : Eric Hoffman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476630054
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Twin Peaks written by Eric Hoffman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history. Its complex plots and sensational visuals both inspired and alienated audiences. After 25 years, the cult classic is being revived. This collection of new essays explores its filmic influences, its genre-bending innovations and its use of horror and science fiction conventions, from the original series through the earlier film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and subsequent video releases.

The Politics of Insects

Author : Scott Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441191550
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Insects written by Scott Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian film director David Cronenberg has long been a figure of artistic acclaim and public controversy. Bursting into view with a trio of shocking horror films in the 1970s, Cronenberg's work has become increasingly complex in its sensibilities and inward-looking in its concerns and themes. This trajectory culminates in the multiplex successes of his most recent films, which appear to conclude a straightforward evolutionary arc that begins in the cold outside of shock-horror and arrives in the warm embrace of commercial and critical success. Scott Wilson argues persuasively that Cronenberg's career can be divided into broad thematic stages and instead offers a complex examination of the relationship between three inter-related terms: the director as auteur; the industry that support or denies commercial opportunity; and the audience who receive, interpret and support (or decry) the vision represented on screen. The Politics of Insects provides an opportunity to explore Cronenberg's films in relation to each other in terms of their thematic continuity, and in terms of their relationship to industrial concerns and audience responses.

The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film

Author : M. Flisfeder
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137110740
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film written by M. Flisfeder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to questions about ideology and subjectivity, Flisfeder argues that Slavoj Žižek's theory of film aims to re-politicize film studies and film theory, bringing cinema into the fold of twenty-first century politics.

A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Freud and Fundamentalism

Author : Stathis Gourgouris
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823232239
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Freud and Fundamentalism written by Stathis Gourgouris and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeling Freud and fundamentalism / Andrew Parker -- Myth and dogma in 1920 : the fundamentalist-modernist controversy and Freud's "death drive" / David Adams -- Trees, pain, and beyond : Freud on masochism / Branka Arsić -- Of rats and names / Gil Anidjar -- Mad country, mad psychiatrists : psychoanalysis and the Balkan genocide / Dušan Bjelić -- Everything you always wanted to know about David Lynch, but should be afraid to ask / Slavoj Žižek, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli -- Fictions of possession : psychoanalysis and the occult / Lecia Rosenthal -- Religion and the future of psychoanalysis / Jacob Taubes -- The contribution of psychoanalysis to understanding the genesis of society / Cornelius Castoriadis -- The hermeneutics of suspicion reconsidered / Joel Whitebook -- On the epistemological status of psychoanalysis / Aristides Baltas.

The Passing of Postmodernism

Author : Josh Toth
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143843037X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Passing of Postmodernism written by Josh Toth and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the increasingly prevalent assumption that postmodernism is over and that literature and film are once again engaging sincerely with issues of ethics and politics.