Enjoy Your Symptom Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out

Name: Enjoy Your Symptom Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out
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ISBN: 9780415904827

ISBN-10: 041590482X

ISBN-13: 9780415904827

Edition: 1992

Authors: ZIZEK

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Description:

In this book the author argues for the accessibility and ultimate simplicity of Lacanian theory by linking it with popular Hollywood films. Enjoy Your Symptom! will interest not only those who are intrigued by Jacques Lacan, but also those who enjoy popular culture and 'postmodern' theory.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/14/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction



Why Does a Letter Always Arrive at Its Destination?



Death and Sublimation: The Final Scene of City Lights



Imaginary, Symbolic, Real



Why Is Woman a Symptom of Man?



Why Is Suicide the Only Successful Act?



The "Night of the World"



Why Is Every Act a Repetition?



Beyond "Distributive Justice"



Identity and Authority



Why Does the Phallus Appear?



Grimaces of the Real



Phallophany of the Anal Father



Why Are There Always Two Fathers?



At the Origins of Noir: The Humiliated Father



Die Versagung


Index