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How To Read Lacan 01 Edition, Kindle Edition

by Slavoj Zizek (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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'The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire' Jacques Lacan.

Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment. Today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy. Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to interpret another text from philosophy, art or popular ideology, applying his ideas to Hegel and Hitchcock, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky.

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Zizek's books [are so] erudite and witty [that] they're quite moreish. The range and scope of his analogies are tremendous -- Mark Wallinger, artist ― On My Radar, Observer Published On: 2016-02-28

About the Author

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher and psychoanalyst, heads the International Center of Humanities at Birkbeck College. His numerous books, translated into more than thirty languages, include The Parallax View and Lacan: The Silent Partners.

Simon Critchley is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include The Book of Dead Philosophers, Bowie, and Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005INYTP6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Granta Books; 1st edition (4 August 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 303 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 115 pages
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"The most dangerous philosopher in the West," (says Adam Kirsch of The New Republic) Slavoj Zizek 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 "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce;" "Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle;" "In Defense of Lost Causes;" "Living in the End Times;" and many more.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, readable, and surprisingly relevant in the world of technology.
Reviewed in the United States on 5 May 2019
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A short book. Well written. For the first time, I can see that there is perhaps more to psychoanalysis than the unconscious leading the conscious which given that it has been repeated many times in popular press and popular science always struck me as obvious and trivial.
I work in tech. And one gem I got out the book is this: because human conversations are not only about information, but in daily life mostly about maintaining social bonds, the proliferation of chatbots will lead to normalization of sociopathic behavior, since chatbots obviously are not in the business of maintaining social bonds. (If they fake it, it's perhaps worse).This is not Zizek's statement, but an obvious consequence of his discussion of sociopathy and human to human conversation.
There's much more to the book. A short, thought provoking and memorable read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks, Zizek!
Reviewed in India on 30 April 2017
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This is the book! The best book to easily understand various Lacanian psychoanalytical concepts. In the Introduction, Zizek defends Psychoanalysis fantastically, when he writes"For Lacan psychoanalysis at its most fundamental is not a theory and technique of treating psychic disturbances, but a theory and practice that confronts individuals with the most radical dimension of human existence. It does not show an individual the way to accommodate him- or herself to the demands of social reality; instead it explains how something like 'reality' constitutes itself in the first place. It does not merely enable a human being to accept the repressed truth about him- or herself; it explains how the dimension of truth emerges in human reality."! This book helps all SUBJECTS, not just in India, but also all SUBJECTS globally to get psychoanalysed! Successful psychoanalytical CURE / TREATMENT occurs when the SUBJECTS recognize their FICTIONAL status within REALITY (the Symbolic Order).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks, Zizek!
Reviewed in India on 30 April 2017
This is the book! The best book to easily understand various Lacanian psychoanalytical concepts. In the Introduction, Zizek defends Psychoanalysis fantastically, when he writes"For Lacan psychoanalysis at its most fundamental is not a theory and technique of treating psychic disturbances, but a theory and practice that confronts individuals with the most radical dimension of human existence. It does not show an individual the way to accommodate him- or herself to the demands of social reality; instead it explains how something like 'reality' constitutes itself in the first place. It does not merely enable a human being to accept the repressed truth about him- or herself; it explains how the dimension of truth emerges in human reality."! This book helps all SUBJECTS, not just in India, but also all SUBJECTS globally to get psychoanalysed! Successful psychoanalytical CURE / TREATMENT occurs when the SUBJECTS recognize their FICTIONAL status within REALITY (the Symbolic Order).
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Hilary
5.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly an introduction to Lacan!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2014
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Zizek is a blast to read. You love him or hate him. If you want a straight-forward, comprehensive introduction to Lacan get the Sean Homer book (Zizek recommends it here himself and I got the book on his recommendation - and its very good). Here, Zizek does what he does, which is to take films and use them to illustrate certain of Lacan's concepts in a way that is intriguing and sometimes very illuminating. Even if you don't previously have much idea about Lacan already, you could find yourself being pulled in to both Lacan and Zizek - you have been warned!
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3.0 out of 5 stars ラカンの使用法
Reviewed in Japan on 16 July 2012
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ラカンの入門書をすでにお読みになっている方に，その応用編としてお勧めします。
ラカンは入門書でさえジャーゴンだらけで，取り付く島もないという感じでしたが，
この本は映画や文学作品・実社会を例に出して，具体的にラカンを使ってみせている面白い本です。
ジジェクらしいおしゃれな言い回しや多彩な話題は読者を選びますが，なかなか面白く読ませてくれる本でした。
確実に視野は広がります。
ただし内容としても英語としても，見た目ほどは簡単な本ではありませんので，少々覚悟が必要かもしれません。
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Dracula
5.0 out of 5 stars Einsteigerfreundlich
Reviewed in Germany on 29 January 2008
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Meine erste Zizek-Lektüre und Initiatorin aller weiteren. Für Einsteiger in Lacan und/oder Zizek absolut empfehlenswert, denn es deckt sowohl die Grundzüge der Welt des eines wie die der Welt des anderen ab und ist nie langweilig oder den Leser überfordernd.
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