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Enjoy Your Symptom!

by Slavoj Zizek · 1991

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Slavoj Zizek, dubbed by the Village Voice the giant of Ljubljana, is back with a new edition of his seriously entertaining book on film, psychoanalysis (and life). His inimitable blend of philosophical and social theory, Lacanian analysis, and outrageous humour are here made to show how Hollywood movies can explain psychoanalysis - and vice versa. Why does the phallus appear? Why is woman a symptom of man? Why are there always two fathers? These typical Zizek questions are explained by means of such films as Marnie and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Themes
moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of this
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AlbaniaAlbaniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 238 pages

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