The Metastases of Enjoyment - (Radical Thinkers) by Slavoj Zizek (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A disturbing and radical examination of the status of women and the role of violence in contemporary culture and politics.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The experience of the Yugoslav war and the rise of "irrational" violence in contemporary societies provides the theoretical and political context of this book, which uses Lacanian psychoanalysis as the basis for a renewal of the Marxist theory of ideology. The author's analysis leads into a study of the figure of woman in modern art and ideology, including studies of <i>The Crying Game</i> and the films of David Lynch, and the links between violence and power/gender relations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Discussing Hegel and Lacan is like breathing for Slavoj."--Judith Butler <p/>"The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in some decades."--Terry Eagleton <p/>"The Giant of Ljubljana provides the best intellectual high since <i>Anti-Oedipus</i>."--<i>Village Voice</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Slavoj Žižek</b> is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include <i>Living in the End Times</i>, <i>First as Tragedy, Then as Farce</i>, <i>In Defense of Lost Causes</i>, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.
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