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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823174603321

Autore

Žižek Slavoj

Titolo

Interrogating the real / / Slavoj Zizek ; edited by Rex Butler and Scott Stephens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

©2005

ISBN

1-283-12307-X

9786613123077

1-4411-8730-8

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

199.4973

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and philosophy

Ideology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Expanded to include a brand new chapter"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Lacanian orientations -- section 2. Philosophy traversed by psychoanalysis -- section 3. The fantasy of ideology.

Sommario/riassunto

Interrogating the Real is the first volume of the collected writings of Slavoj Zizek - undoubtedly one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators. Drawing upon the full range of his prolific output, the articles here cover psychoanalysis, philosophy and popular culture. Thematically organised, the book is divided into three sections and includes a new preface by Zizek himself, as well as an introduction by the editors and a helpful glossary for those coming to Zizek's work for the first time. This collection, along with the second volume - The Universal Exception - is an excelle