false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167146939m/18910.jpg 18910 2 <i>The Parallax View</i> is Slavoj Zizek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Zizek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in observational position. Zizek is interested in the "parallax gap" separating two points between which no synthesis or mediation is possible, linked by an "impossible short circuit" of levels that can never meet. From this consideration of parallax, Zizek begins a rehabilitation of dialectical materialism.<br /> <br /> Modes of parallax can be seen in different domains of today's theory, from the wave-particle duality in quantum physics to the parallax of the unconscious in Freudian psychoanalysis between interpretations of the formation of the unconscious and theories of drives. In <i>The Parallax View</i>, Zizek, with his usual astonishing erudition, focuses on three main modes of parallax: the ontological difference, the ultimate parallax that conditions our very access to reality; the scientific parallax, the irreducible gap between the phenomenal experience of reality and its scientific explanation, which reaches its apogee in today's brain sciences (according to which "nobody is home" in the skull, just stacks of brain meat--a condition Zizek calls "the unbearable lightness of being no one"); and the political parallax, the social antagonism that allows for no common ground. Between his discussions of these three modes, Zizek offers interludes that deal with more specific topics--including an ethical act in a novel by Henry James and anti-anti-Semitism.<br /> <br /> <i>The Parallax View</i> not only expands Zizek's Lacanian-Hegelian approach to new domains (notably cognitive brain sciences) but also provides the systematic exposition of the conceptual framework that underlies his entire work. Philosophical and theological analysis, detailed readings of literature, cinema, and music coexist with lively anecdotes and obscene jokes. 20255 17 2 2006 The Parallax View (Short Circuits) total:186|5:72|4:65|3:38|2:8|1:3| 186 753 409 28 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 06:17:22 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 06:24:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:25:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 11:16:53 -0700 2009 Zizek!, the man claims that his three best and most theoretically significant books are (assuming, in true Hegelian fashion, that you can also count three as four): The Sublime Object of Ideology, Tarrying with the Negative, The Ticklish Subject, and The Parallax View. This then a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:00:23 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:36:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 23:26:41 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 22:52:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 12 08:46:07 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 08:56:59 -0700 2008
I took from it this: every posited antinomy, opposition or other binarism conceals in itself a more pluriform nature, the te...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 13 06:16:17 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 30 21:05:44 -0700 2009
After picking up this book after a course from my professor in architecture, I have been reading this book for a while now and putting it up and down periodi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 03 21:51:54 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 26 19:56:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 16 14:13:08 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 16 14:18:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jun 27 21:28:27 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 08 14:34:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 12 20:22:56 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 19:27:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 21:06:24 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 18:07:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 26 01:00:07 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 26 01:40:19 -0800 2007
This may be his most theoretical book--I'm not sure because it's the only one I've read. But don't let that scare you off from this book, b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 31 22:04:10 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 09 23:58:55 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 23:58:55 -0700 2007 di pembukaannya zizek mengajak untuk mengamati gejala 'kortsluiting' atau hubungan pendek pada kabel listrik yang esring dinilai sebagai suatu kecelakaan atau suatu hubungan yang tidak dikehendaki.
di sini ia mengajak agar membaca teks secara kortsluiting t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 13:53:23 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 18:09:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Mar 20 11:06:10 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 11:10:52 -0700 2007
For example I'm like "wow, that totally blows my mind!!...but I need to maybe know a little bit more about Hegel/Lacan/Spinoza/Adorno/etc. I then go to: http://www.gutenberg.org ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat May 12 10:56:11 -0700 2007 Sat May 12 10:58:24 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:43:19 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:43:38 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 12:49:56 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 21:19:21 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Aug 04 22:46:04 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 22:52:51 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Sep 13 11:57:52 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 12:00:25 -0700 2008
(His section on conciousness was really good) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18910