Sublime Object of Ideology
«The Elvis of cultural theory.»
Chronicle of Higher Education
Slavoj A iA 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. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781844673001
- Utgave
- 2. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«The Elvis of cultural theory.»
Chronicle of Higher Education
«The giant of Ljubljana provides the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus.»
The Village Voice
«Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism»
The Times
«Zizek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative.»
Guardian
«The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in many decades.»
Terry Eagleton
«Zizek is one of the few living writers to combine theoretical rigor with compulsive readability.»
Publishers Weekly
«Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation»
New Yorker