Žižek's 'The sublime object of ideology' : a reader's guide

By:

Winkler, Rafael [author.]

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TextSeries: Reader's guidesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024Description: vi,167pISBN:

9781350425651

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Other classification:

R321 R4

Summary: "This compelling guide introduces the influential thinkers and foundational concepts which Žižek draws on to create 1989's seminal The Sublime Object of Ideology. Grounding the text's many and varied references in the work of Peter Sloterdijk, Saul Kripke, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel amongst others helps students encountering this mercurial writer for the first time to understand the philosophical context of his early explorations. Each of Žižek's key arguments are unpacked and laid out, alongside an invaluable account of how The Sublime Object of Ideology impacted the critical terrain on which it landed"-- Provided by publisher.

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Textual

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163) and index.

"This compelling guide introduces the influential thinkers and foundational concepts which Žižek draws on to create 1989's seminal The Sublime Object of Ideology. Grounding the text's many and varied references in the work of Peter Sloterdijk, Saul Kripke, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel amongst others helps students encountering this mercurial writer for the first time to understand the philosophical context of his early explorations. Each of Žižek's key arguments are unpacked and laid out, alongside an invaluable account of how The Sublime Object of Ideology impacted the critical terrain on which it landed"-- Provided by publisher.

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