Zizek's The Sublime Object of Ideology: A Reader’s Guide - Couverture souple

Winkler, Rafael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350425656 ISBN 13 : 9781350425651

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024

Synopsis

First published in 1989, The Sublime Object of Ideology was Zizek's breakthrough work, and is still regarded by many as his masterpiece. It was an iconoclastic reinvention of ideology critique that introduced the English-speaking world to Zizek's scorching brand of cultural and philosophical commentary and the multifaceted ways in which he explained it. Tying together concepts from aesthetics, psychoanalytic theory, cultural studies and the philosophy of belief, it changed the face of contemporary commentary and remains the underpinning of much of his subsequent thinking.

This compelling guide introduces all of the influential thinkers and foundational concepts which Zizek draws on to create this seminal work. Grounding the text's many and varied references in the work of Peter Sloterdijk, Saul Kripke, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel, amongst others, helps students who are encountering this mercurial writer for the first time to understand the philosophical context of his early explorations. Each of Zizek's key arguments are unpacked and laid out, alongside an invaluable account of how The Sublime Object of Ideology impacted the critical terrain on which it landed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rafael Winkler is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350425656
• ISBN 13: 9781350425651
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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