The Puppet and the Dwarf
The Perverse Core of Christianity
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- Paperback
196 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2003
Summary
One of our most daring intellectuals offers a Lacanian interpretation of religion, finding that early Christianity was the first revolutionary collective.Slavoj Zizek has been called “an academic rock star” and “the wild man of theory”; his writing mixes astonishing erudition and references to pop culture in order to dissect current intellectual pieties. In The Puppet and the Dwarf he offers a close reading of today’s religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262740258 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262740257 |
| Author: | Slavoj Žižek |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 196 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2003 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Short Circuits |
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“Zizek rarely fails to entertain….” Charles Seymour Library Journal
A witty, informative trip…both erudite and accessible…
– Rick Mitchell * Leonardo Reviews *His writing is bold, confident and contentious.
– Julian Baggini * The Philosopher’s Magazine *The Puppet and the Dwarf is Žižek’s most compelling and passionate writing on Christianity to date.
– Erik Davis * Bookforum *Quite possibly the most entertaining philosopher working today. Žižek knows how to think the unthinkable.
– Jori Finkel * Village Voice *Slavoj Žižek may have the strongest ‘brand identity’…of any cultural theorist now in the marketplace of ideas.
– Scott McLemee * The Chronicle of Higher Education *Žižek is the first Marxist to write theology in a post-marxist, post-secular age.
– Eugene McCarraher * In These Times *…Žižek mixes Pauline speculations with analyses of everything from G. K. Chesterton to chocolate eggs.
– Terry Eagleton * TLS *Žižek rarely fails to entertain…
* Library Journal *About The Author
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Zizek, a philosopher and cultural critic, is Senior Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Looking Awry- An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture, The Puppet and the Dwarf- The Perverse Core of Christianity, The Parallax View, The Monstrosity of Christ- Paradox or Dialectic (with John Milbank), and Zizek’s Jokes (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?), these five published by the MIT Press.
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