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[[Image:Cogito.And.The.Unconscious-2.jpg|200px|thumb|Book Cover]]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]].

|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>