LEADER 03796oam 2200649K 450 001 9910787874003321 005 20190503073418.0 010 $a0-262-32155-6 010 $a0-262-32154-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000544892 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001135035 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11608255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001135035 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11096729 035 $a(PQKB)11529972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339752 035 $a(OCoLC)872114946 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33159 035 $a(OCoLC)872114946$z(OCoLC)961667214$z(OCoLC)962726830 035 $a(OCoLC-P)872114946 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339752 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10841925 035 $a(OCoLC)939263842 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000544892 100 $a20140310d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aZ?iz?ek's jokes $e(did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?) /$fby Slavoj Z?iz?ek ; edited by Audun Mortensen ; afterword by Momus 210 1$aCambridge, Mass. :$cMIT Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (162 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-02671-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aZizek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy."A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."--Ludwig WittgensteinThe good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Zizekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Zizek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to certain philosophical, political, and sexual themes that preoccupy him. Zizek's Jokes contains the set-ups and punch lines--as well as the offenses and insults--that Zizek is famous for, all in less than 200 pages. So what's the bad news? There is no bad news. There's just the inimitable Slavoj Zizek, disguised as an impossibly erudite, politically incorrect uncle, beginning a sentence, "There is an old Jewish joke, loved by Derrida ..." For Zizek, jokes are amusing stories that offer a shortcut to philosophical insight. He illustrates the logic of the Hegelian triad, for example, with three variations of the "Not tonight, dear, I have a headache" classic: first the wife claims a migraine; then the husband does; then the wife exclaims, "Darling, I have a terrible migraine, so let's have some sex to refresh me!" A punch line about a beer bottle provides a Lacanian lesson about one signifier. And a "truly obscene" version of the famous "aristocrats" joke has the family offering a short course in Hegelian thought rather than a display of unspeakables. Zizek's Jokes contains every joke cited, paraphrased, or narrated in Zizek's work in English (including some in unpublished manuscripts), including different versions of the same joke that make different points in different contexts. The larger point being that comedy is central to Zizek's seriousness. 606 $aWit and humor$xPhilosophy 606 $aWit and humor$xPsychological aspects 606 $aPhilosophy$vHumor 606 $aJoking$xPsychological aspects 610 $aPHILOSOPHY/General 610 $aCULTURAL STUDIES/Critical Theory 615 0$aWit and humor$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aWit and humor$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aPhilosophy 615 0$aJoking$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a808.87 700 $aZ?iz?ek$b Slavoj$0171480 701 $aMortensen$b Audun$01582167 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787874003321 996 $aZ?iz?ek's jokes$93864283 997 $aUNINA