{"product_id":"the-subject-of-liberation-charles-wells-9781501317316","title":"The Subject of Liberation: Zizek, Politics, Psychoanalysis","description":"The book shares Zizek's central problem of how to revitalize the radical political left through theory. It initially follows the argument developed in \u003ci\u003eThe Ticklish Subject\u003c\/i\u003e that contemporary leftist thought is divided by antagonism between a Marxist revolutionary politics founded on Enlightenment philosophy and a politics of identity founded on post-modern post-structuralism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Zizek used Lacan's theory of character structures is examined here to describe this theoretical deadlock and explain how the dominant contemporary ideologies of liberal tolerant multiculturalism and reactionary \"pseudo-fundamentalism\" compete to mobilize the individual subject's unconscious drive to enjoyment. The book thus emphasizes the moments in which Zizek hints that Lacanian theory may describe a practice that facilitates the resolution of antagonisms that placate radical leftist politics. It challenges prevalent interpretations of Lacanian ends of analysis, to ultimately connect the psychoanalytic cure to the leftist project of social and political liberation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Subject of Liberation argues that if Lacan is to be useful to leftist politics, then the left has to develop its own definitions of the post-analytic subject, and proposes one such definition developed out of Lacanian and Zizekian theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501317318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501317316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Charles Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241327407359,"sku":"9781501317316","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc9f9a4c-9678-4aa3-bc31-0e46291be895.jpg?v=1772653889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-subject-of-liberation-charles-wells-9781501317316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}