Zizek: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Sean Sheehan

Overview

One of the most widely-read thinkers writing today, Slavoj Zizeks work can be both thrilling and perplexing in equal measure. Zizek: A Guide for the Perplexed is the most up-to-date guide available for readers struggling to master the ideas of this hugely influential thinker. Unpacking the philosophical references that fill Zizeks writings, the book explores his influences, including Lacan, Kant, Hegel and Marx. From there, a chapter on Reading Zizek guides the reader through the ways that he applies these core theoretical concepts in key texts like Tarrying With the Negative, The Ticklish Subject and The Parrallax View and in his books about popular culture like Looking Awry and Enjoy Your Symptom! Major secondary writings and films featuring Zizek are also covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441180872
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/22/2012
Series:	Guides for the Perplexed
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Seán Sheehan has taught in
London and Singapore and is now a full-time writer. He has written a number of books including Joyce's 'Ulysses': A Reader's Guide (2009)
and Å1/2iÅ3/4ek: A Guide for the Perplexed (2012).

Table of Contents

1. Finding the way
2. Žižek and Lacan
3. Žižek and German Idealism
4. Žižek and Communism
5. Reading Žižek
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index