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Žižek, S. (2001) The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof Kieslowski between
Theory and Post-theory, London and Bloomington: British Film Institute
and Indiana University Press.
This book is an intervention in the on-going debate in the field of
film studies which is split between Theory (anything loosely affiliated
with structuralism and post-structuralism) and Post-Theory (anything
loosely affiliated with a dislike of structuralism and post-structuralism).
The main cause of antipathy for the Post-Theorists was the dominance
of certain Lacanian concepts in the field of film studies. Žižek's argu-
ment here, via a reading of Krzysztof Kieslowski's films, is that these
Lacanian concepts were employed piecemeal without either due regard
for their philosophical matrix or for their implications. This book finds
Žižek at his most robust and methodical, as he debunks the lamentable
conclusions of Post-Theory, as well as at his most patient, as he explains
the workings and value of Lacan's insights.
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Žižek]]
[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
Žižek, S. (2001) The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof Kieslowski between
Theory and Post-theory, London and Bloomington: British Film Institute
and Indiana University Press.
This book is an intervention in the on-going debate in the field of
film studies which is split between Theory (anything loosely affiliated
with structuralism and post-structuralism) and Post-Theory (anything
loosely affiliated with a dislike of structuralism and post-structuralism).
The main cause of antipathy for the Post-Theorists was the dominance
of certain Lacanian concepts in the field of film studies. Žižek's argu-
ment here, via a reading of Krzysztof Kieslowski's films, is that these
Lacanian concepts were employed piecemeal without either due regard
for their philosophical matrix or for their implications. This book finds
Žižek at his most robust and methodical, as he debunks the lamentable
conclusions of Post-Theory, as well as at his most patient, as he explains
the workings and value of Lacan's insights.
