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The book explores the evolution of subjectivity in Jacques Lacan's work, arguing against both "pro-Lacanians" and "anti-Lacanians" by presenting Lacan as a systematic thinker. Lorenzo Chiesa provides a philosophical analysis of the Lacanian subject's relationship to otherness, examining its development through the Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real orders. He highlights the continuity in Lacan's theories despite apparent contradictions, ultimately portraying the Lacanian subject as an irreducible lack that challenges contemporary notions of subjectivity, bridging psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Seeks to rehabilitate dialectical materialism by discussing the "parallax gap," which separates two points because of the displacement of an object resulting from a change in observational position.

One of our most daring intellectuals offers a Lacanian interpretation of religion, finding that early Christianity was the first revolutionary collective.Slavoj Zizek has been called "an academic rock star" and "the wild man of theory"; his writing mixes astonishing erudition and references to pop culture in order to dissect current intellectual pieties. In The Puppet and the Dwarf he offers a close reading of today's religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality -- New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism -- and then tries to redeem the "materialist" kernel of Christianity. His reading of Christianity is explicitly political, discerning in the Pauline community of believers the first version of a revolutionary collective. Since today even advocates of Enlightenment like Jurgen Habermas acknowledge that a religious vision is needed to ground our ethical and political stance in a "postsecular" age, this book -- with a stance that is clearly materialist and at the same time indebted to the core of the Christian legacy -- is certain to stir controversy.

Psychoanalysis as a navigation device for the cultural maze of the twenty- first century.

Heute, in einer Zeit, in der die Analysen des Historischen Materialismus meist »undercover« und fast nie unter ihrem richtigen Namen betrieben werden und in der die theologische Dimension in Gestalt des postsäkularen Denkens eine neue Wendung genommen hat, ist es an der Zeit, die erste von Benjamins Thesen über den Begriff der Geschichte umzukehren: »Gewinnen soll immer die Puppe, die man ›Theologie‹ nennt. Sie kann es ohne weiteres mit jedem aufnehmen, wenn sie den Historischen Materialismus in ihren Dienst nimmt, der bekanntlich heute klein und häßlich ist und sich ohnehin nicht darf blicken lassen.« Die Puppe und der Zwerg erkundet die konkreten Formen dieser merkwürdigen Koexistenz. Zu Beginn steht eine Analyse des fundamentalen Bruchs zwischen dem abendländischen kosmisch-holistischen Weltbild und dem jüdisch-christlichen. Weiter geht das Buch der Spannung zwischen dem perversen Funktionieren des »realexistierenden Christentums« und dem subversiven Kern der christlichen Erfahrung nach. Schließlich versucht es, diesen subversiven Kern in der gegenwärtigen Ideologie der Hegemonie zu verorten, deren Koordinaten durch die nietzscheanische Unterscheidung zwischen aktivem und passivem Nihilismus vorgegeben sind.

''What if Jacques Lacan--the brilliant and eccentric Parisian psychoanalyst--had worked as a police detective, applying his theories to solve crimes? This may conjure up a mental film clip starring Peter Sellers in a trench coat, but in Lacan at the Scene, Henry Bond makes a serious and provocative claim: that apparently impenetrable events of violent death can be more effectively unraveled with Lacan's theory of psychoanalysis than with elaborate, technologically advanced forensic tools. Bond's exposition on murder expands and develops a resolutely Žižekian approach. Seeking out radical and unexpected readings, Bond unpacks his material utilizing Lacan's neurosis-psychosis-perversion grid.Bond places Lacan at the crime scene and builds his argument through a series of archival crime scene photographs from the 1950s--the period when Lacan was developing his influential theories. It is not the horror of the ravished and mutilated corpses that draws his attention; instead, he interrogates seemingly minor details from the everyday, isolating and rephotographing what at first seems insignificant: a single high heeled shoe on a kitchen table, for example, or carefully folded clothes placed over a chair. From these mundane details he carefully builds a robust and comprehensive manual for Lacanian crime investigation that can stand beside the FBI's standard-issue Crime Classification Manual.''-- Fourni par l'éditeur

Focusing on the radical impact of NSK, this study delves into the performances and productions of Laibach, its musical and conceptual division. Emerging after Tito's death and amid Yugoslavia's breakup, NSK represents a significant avant-garde force in Eastern Europe, known for its complex and provocative works across various artistic fields. Laibach, in particular, merges popular culture with subversive politics, capturing the political and cultural turmoil of its era while gaining an international following.

A militant Marxist atheist and a ""Radical Orthodox"" Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia

A Lacanian look at how comedy might come to philosophy's rescue, with examples ranging from Hegel and Moliere to George W. Bush and Borat.