Žižek's 'The sublime object of ideology' : a reader's guide /
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, Ja...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2024].
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| Series: | Bloomsbury reader's guides.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350425644 1350425648 9781350425651 1350425656 |