The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film
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The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film

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eBook - PDF

The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film

About this book

Returning to questions about ideology and subjectivity, Flisfeder argues that Slavoj Žižek's theory of film aims to re-politicize film studies and film theory, bringing cinema into the fold of twenty-first century politics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Žižek’s Theory of Film
  3. Contents
  4. Illustrations
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: From Film Theory to Post-Theory
  8. Chapter 2: Sublime Objects of Cinema
  9. Chapter 3: Class Struggle in Film Studies
  10. Interlude: The Pervert and the Analyst
  11. Chapter 4: Cinema, Ideology, and Form
  12. Chapter 5: Enjoyment in the Cinema
  13. Erratum to: The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Žižek’s Theory of Film
  14. Conclusion: Theory as Realism Set in Drive
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
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