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+ | The [[Cartesian]] cogito—the [[principle]] articulated by [[Descartes]] that "I [[think]], therefore I am"—is often hailed as the precursor of modern [[science]]. At the same [[time]], the cogito’s [[agent]], the ego, is sometimes feared as the [[agency]] of manipulative domination [[responsible]] for all [[present]] woes, from patriarchal oppression to ecological catastrophes. Without psychoanalyzing [[philosophy]], ''[[Cogito]] and the [[Unconscious]]'' explores the vicissitudes of the cogito and shows that psychoanalyses can render [[visible]] a constitutive [[madness]] within modern philosophy, the point at which "I think, therefore I am" becomes [[obsessional]] [[neurosis]] characterized by "If I stop [[thinking]], I will cease to [[exist]]." | ||
+ | Noting that for [[Lacan]] the Cartesian [[construct]] is the same as the [[Freudian]] "[[subject]] of the unconscious," the contributors follow Lacan’s plea for a [[psychoanalytic]] [[return]] to the cogito. Along the path of this return, they examine the [[ethical]] attitude that befits modern [[subjectivity]], the inherent sexualization of modern subjectivity, the [[impasse]] in which the Cartesian [[project]] becomes involved given the enigmatic status of the [[human]] [[body]], and the Cartesian subject’s confrontation with its modern critics, including [[Althusser]], [[Bataille]], and Dennett. In a style that has become familiar to Zizek’s readers, these essays bring together a strict [[conceptual]] [[analysis]] and an approach to a wide range of [[cultural]] and [[ideological]] phenomena—from the [[sadist]] paradoxes of Kant’s [[moral]] philosophy to the [[universe]] of Ayn Rand’s novels, from the question "Which, if any, is the sex of the cogito?" to the [[defense]] of the cogito against the onslaught of cognitive [[sciences]]. | ||
+ | Challenging us to reconsider fundamental notions of human [[consciousness]] and modern subjectivity, this is a book whose very [[Lacanian]] orthodoxy makes it irreverently [[transgressive]] of predominant [[theoretical]] paradigms. [[Cogito and the Unconscious]] will appeal to readers interested in philosophy, [[psychoanalysis]], cultural studies, and theories of [[ideology]]. | ||
+ | ''Contributors''. [[Miran Bozovic]], [[Mladen Dolar]], [[Alain Grosrichard]], [[Marc de Kessel]], [[Robert Pfaller]], [[Renata Salecl]], [[Slavoj Zizek]], [[Alenka Zupancic]] | ||
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− | [[ | + | |width="100%"| [[Robert Pfaller|Pfaller, Robert]], [[Alenka Zupancic]], [[Miran Bozovic]], [[Mladen Dolar]], [[Alain Grosrichard]], Marc De Kessel, Renata Salecl, Slavoj [[Zizek]] (Editor), and Sina K. Najafi (Translator). '''''[[Cogito and The Unconscious]]'''''. Durham: Duke [[University]] Press. December 1998, Hardcover, 279 pages, [[Language]]: [[English]], ISBN: 0822320835. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320835/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320835/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320835/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320835/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320835/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr]</small> or Duke University Press. December 1998, Paperback, 279 pages, Language: English, ISBN: 0822320975. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320975/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320975/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320975/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320975/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822320975/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small> |
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