The Sublime Object of Ideology

Zizek, Slavoj

ISBN 10: 1844673006 / ISBN 13: 9781844673001

Verlag: Verso, London, 2008

272 pages; 5 1/8 x 7 3/4" Light bumping and wear to spine edges. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 128394

Inhaltsangabe:

Slavoj ?i?ek, 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 ?i?ek! 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 ?i?ek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts for understanding ?i?ek’s thought and thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy.
The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slavoj ?i?ek’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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Slavoj ?i?ek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, In Defense of Lost Causes, four volumes of the Essential ?i?ek, and many more.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Sublime Object of Ideology
Verlag: Verso, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: paperback
Zustand: near fine
Auflage: 2. Auflage