The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime is first of all the detailed reading of David Lynch's The Lost Highway, based on the premises of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Lynch's unique universe of the "ridiculous sublime" is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society.A master of reversals, Zizek invites the reader to reexamine with him easy assumptions, received opinion, and current critical trends, as well as pose tough questions about the ways in which we understand our world and culture. He offers provocative readings of Casablanca, Schindler's List, and Life Is Beautiful in the process of examining topics as diverse-and as closely linked-as ethics, politics, and cyberspace.
| ISBN: | 9780295979250 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2000 |
| Author: | Slavoj Zizek |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Occasional Papers |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime is first of all the detailed reading of David Lynch's The Lost Highway, based on the premises of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Lynch's unique universe of the "ridiculous sublime" is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society.A master of reversals, Zizek invites the reader to reexamine with him easy assumptions, received opinion, and current critical trends, as well as pose tough questions about the ways in which we understand our world and culture. He offers provocative readings of Casablanca, Schindler's List, and Life Is Beautiful in the process of examining topics as diverse-and as closely linked-as ethics, politics, and cyberspace.
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime is available in Paperback
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime was written by Slavoj Zizek and published by University of Washington Press
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime has 48 pages
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