Slavoj Zizek. A Critical Introduction (Modern European Thinkers).pdf

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SLAVOJ ZIZEK
A Critical Introduction
Ian Parker
Pluto P Press
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
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First published 2004 by
Pluto Press
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Copyright © Ian Parker 2004
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ISBN 0 7453 2072 4 hardback
ISBN 0 7453 2071 6 paperback
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Parker, Ian, 1956-
Slavoj Zizek : a critical introduction / Ian Parker.
p. cm. ––(Modern European thinkers)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0–7453–2072–4 –– ISBN 0–7453–2071–6 (pbk.)
1. Zizek, Slavoj. I. Title. II. Series.
2004
199'.4973––dc22
003022458
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To Adam
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Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction: something retroactive and some anticipation 1
Zizek’s sublime objects 3
Mapping this book 5
Some indivisible reminders 10
1. Yugoslavia – to Slovenia 11
The perfection of the state 12
Brotherhood and unity 19
The Slovene springs 28
2. Enlightenment – with Hegel 36
What is the thing with Hegel 38
Revolutionary fracture 45
Redemptive closure 52
3. Psychoanalysis – from Lacan 58
The disappearing subject 60
The object of analysis 68
Clinic of the world 74
4. Politics – repeating