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Interrogating the Real is a collection of essays by Slavoj Žižek that delves into the intersections of psychoanalysis and philosophy. The book explores themes such as ideology, subjectivity, and culture, challenging readers to reconsider conventional perceptions of reality. Žižek engages with various intellectual traditions while offering insights into contemporary cultural and political issues.
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Slavoj Žižek is one of the world’s foremost cultural commentators: a prolific writer and thinker whose vividly adventurous, unorthodox, and wide-ranging writings have won him a unique place as one of the most high-profile thinkers of our time.

Covering psychoanalysis, philosophy, and popular culture, and drawing on a heady mix of Marxist politics, Hegelian dialectics, and Lacanian psychoanalysis, the writings collected in Interrogating the Real reflect not only the remarkable extent of Žižek’s varied interests but also reveal his controversial and dynamic style.

Series: Bloomsbury Revelations

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Slavoj Žižek's Interrogating the Real is praised as a seminal work showcasing his prolific contributions to cultural theory, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. With essays dating from the 1980s and 1990s, the volume is likened to a greatest hits collection, offering both previously published and hard-to-access pieces. Esteemed for its impeccable scholarship, the book is celebrated as an essential addition to academic philosophy collections and provides a rich introduction to Žižek's complex oeuvre.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472514936

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 October 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Contributors:

  • Edited by Dr Rex Butler
  • Edited by Scott Stephens

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 497g

Pages: 408

About the Author

Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is International Director at Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York, USA and Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Rex Butler is Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Queensland, Australia. His previous publications include Jean Baudrillard: The Defence of the Real (Sage, 1999).

Scott Stephens is Researcher at the Centre for Theology and Politics, Brisbane, Australia.

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