{"product_id":"apropos-of-nothing-clark-buckner-9781438452548","title":"Apropos of Nothing: Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, and the Coen Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverything you wanted to know about the Lacanian critique of deconstruction, but were afraid to ask the Coen Brothers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coen Brothers' films are rife with figures of absence. In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Lebowski\u003c\/i\u003e, the Dude does nothing. He is put on the trail of a kidnapping that never happened, and solves the crime when he realizes that he paid the ransom with \"a ringer for a ringer.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Hudsucker Proxy\u003c\/i\u003e features a dupe who draws zeros throughout the film, enthusiastically proclaiming, \"You know, for the kids!\" \u003ci\u003eBarton Fink\u003c\/i\u003e is a film that revolves around the absence of a film. In \u003ci\u003eApropos of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, Clark Buckner appeals to these and other figures of the void in the Coen Brothers' films in order to articulate the close proximity and ultimate opposition between Lacanian psychoanalysis and Derridean deconstruction. In the process, he situates both theories in relationship to Heidegger's existential phenomenology, and undertakes a comparative analysis of the negativity in death, language, drive, anxiety, visual perception, paternity, and the unconscious. Formulating one of the most theoretically rigorous readings of the Coens' oeuvre to date, Buckner also offers a readable overview of some central debates in late twentieth-century continental philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clark Buckner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438452543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438452548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Clark Buckner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449595801855,"sku":"9781438452548","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ee7feb2-61d4-4dd6-9788-9636d418c255.jpg?v=1777264088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apropos-of-nothing-clark-buckner-9781438452548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}