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Zizek and the Media
Paul A. Taylor
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Description for Zizek and the Media
Paperback. * One of the first volumes in Polity s new Theory and Media series. * Provides a concise introduction to the cult theorist Zizek specifically for students of media and cultural studies. * Examines Zizek s key concepts and themes and their particular implications for the study of the media. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
Slavoj Zizek reaches the parts of the media that other theorists cannot. With sources ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Quentin Tarantino and Desperate Housewives to Dostoyevsky, Zizek mixes high theory with low culture more engagingly than any other thinker alive today. His prolific output includes such media friendly content as a TV series (The Pervert's Guide to Cinema) a documentary movie (Zizek!) and a wealth of YouTube clips. A celebrity academic, he walks the media talk.
Slavoj Zizek reaches the parts of the media that other theorists cannot. With sources ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Quentin Tarantino and Desperate Housewives to Dostoyevsky, Zizek mixes high theory with low culture more engagingly than any other thinker alive today. His prolific output includes such media friendly content as a TV series (The Pervert's Guide to Cinema) a documentary movie (Zizek!) and a wealth of YouTube clips. A celebrity academic, he walks the media talk.
Zizek and the Media provides a systematic and approachable introduction to the main concepts and themes of Zizek's work, and their particular implications ... Read more
- Describes the radical nature of Zizek's media politics
- Uses Zizekian insights to expose the profound intellectual limitations of conventional approaches to the media
- Explores the psychoanalytical and philosophical roots of Zizek's work
- Provides the reader with Zizekian tools to uncover the hidden ideologies of everyday media content;
Explains the ultimate seriousness that underlies his numerous jokes.
As likely to discuss Homer's Springfield as Ithaca, Zizek is shown to be the ideal guide for today's mediascape.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Theory and Media
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745643687
SKU
V9780745643687
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About Paul A. Taylor
Paul A. Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Communications Theory at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds
Reviews for Zizek and the Media
"An eloquent and compelling insight into the worldview of ?i?ek and his contribution to the fields of medi and cultural analysis … It is nothing less than a myth-busting exposition of how, in the age of media saturation, we are directed to live and perceive." Media, Culture & Society "Ask not for whom theory waits, ... Read more