- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Dec 3 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0415262658
- ISBN-13: 978-0415262651
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.1 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #340,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled, including:
* What is a Subject and why is it so important?
* The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real
* What is so terrible about Postmodernity?
* How can we distinguish reality from ideology?
* What is the relationship between men and women?
* Why is Racism always a fantasy?
Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.
* What is a Subject and why is it so important?
* The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real
* What is so terrible about Postmodernity?
* How can we distinguish reality from ideology?
* What is the relationship between men and women?
* Why is Racism always a fantasy?
Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.
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Outstanding accompaniment to the works of Zizek, Aug 26 2006
By EM Prof "EM Prof" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Slavoj Zizek (Paperback)
Myers begins with quick reviews of the major influences on Zizek: Hegel, Marx, and Lacan. Thorough for those unfamiliar with these theorists but not insulting to those who know them well, these introductions set the stage for several chapters focusing on main themes, particularly on Zizek's exploration of Lacan's the Real and the Symbolic. Read with The Zizek Reader, it was very useful. Zizek's genuine contributions to Lacanian thought are powerful and politically practical.
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A "jumping off point", but certainly not a nuanced account, Dec 10 2010
By Ben Brewer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Slavoj Zizek (Paperback)
As with most of the books in the Routledge Critical Thinker's series, this is a means to an end. If you are unfamiliar with the history of philosophy--specifically Zizek's triad of Marx, Hegel, and Lacan--this book will be incredibly helpful as you get your feet under you before approaching Zizek's texts.That being said, this is certainly an oversimplification of Zizek's thought, and many of the summations of key ideas will need to be taken with a grain of salt as the reader approaches the actual works of Zizek.
Good for what it does (give you the basic groundwork to make sense of Zizek for yourself), but don't mistake it for any kind of replacement for grappling with Zizek's texts.
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