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New page: ==Source== Žižek, S. (1997) The Plague of Fantasies, London and New York: Verso. =Review by [http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro2.htm Tony Myers]= This is an extended explanation of the psyc...
==Source==
Žižek, S. (1997) The Plague of Fantasies, London and New York: Verso.
=Review by [http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro2.htm Tony Myers]=
This is an extended explanation of the psychoanalytical concept of
fantasy. The 'plague' of the title refers to the deluge of pseudo-concrete
images which Žižek places in an antagonistic relationship to the ever
greater abstractions which determine our lives. As part of this discus-
sion, Žižek advances one of his most considered analyses of cyberspace
which, he avows, threatens to abolish the dimension of Symbolic virtu-
ality. Given that fantasy plays such a key role in Žižek's anatomy of
the human condition, the first chapter here - which is a seven-point
clarification of the concept - is a particularly valuable addition to the
Žižekian corpus, making this one of the books most suited to a first-
time Žižek reader. As an added enticement, this work also contains
Žižek's famous Hegelian analysis of German, French and English toilet
designs.
Žižek, S. (1997) The Plague of Fantasies, London and New York: Verso.
=Review by [http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro2.htm Tony Myers]=
This is an extended explanation of the psychoanalytical concept of
fantasy. The 'plague' of the title refers to the deluge of pseudo-concrete
images which Žižek places in an antagonistic relationship to the ever
greater abstractions which determine our lives. As part of this discus-
sion, Žižek advances one of his most considered analyses of cyberspace
which, he avows, threatens to abolish the dimension of Symbolic virtu-
ality. Given that fantasy plays such a key role in Žižek's anatomy of
the human condition, the first chapter here - which is a seven-point
clarification of the concept - is a particularly valuable addition to the
Žižekian corpus, making this one of the books most suited to a first-
time Žižek reader. As an added enticement, this work also contains
Žižek's famous Hegelian analysis of German, French and English toilet
designs.
