{"product_id":"incontinence-of-the-void-isbn-9780262537063","title":"Incontinence of the Void","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe “formidably brilliant” Žižek considers sexuality, ontology, subjectivity, and Marxian critiques of political economy by way of Lacanian psychoanalysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the most interesting theoretical interventions emerge today from the interspaces between fields, then the foremost interspaceman is Slavoj Žižek. In \u003ci\u003eIncontinence of the Void \u003c\/i\u003e(the title is inspired by a sentence in Samuel Beckett's late masterpiece Ill Seen Ill Said), Žižek explores the empty spaces between philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the critique of political economy. He proceeds from the universal dimension of philosophy to the particular dimension of sexuality to the singular dimension of the critique of political economy. The passage from one dimension to another is immanent: the ontological void is accessible only through the impasses of sexuation and the ongoing prospect of the abolition of sexuality, which is itself opened up by the technoscientific progress of global capitalism, in turn leading to the critique of political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResponding to his colleague and fellow Short Circuits author Alenka Zupančič's \u003ci\u003eWhat \u003c\/i\u003eIs \u003ci\u003eSex?\u003c\/i\u003e, Žižek examines the notion of an excessive element in ontology that gives body to radical negativity, which becomes the antagonism of sexual difference. From the economico-philosophical perspective, Žižek extrapolates from ontological excess to Marxian surplus value to Lacan's surplus enjoyment. In true Žižekian fashion,\u003ci\u003e Incontinence of the Void\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on eternal topics while detouring freely into contemporary issuesfrom the Internet of Things to Danish TV series.\u003c\/p\u003eSlavoj Žižek, 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 \u003ci\u003eLooking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Parallax View\u003c\/i\u003e, T\u003ci\u003ehe Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic \u003c\/i\u003e(with John Milbank), and \u003ci\u003eŽižek's Jokes (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?)\u003c\/i\u003e, these five published by the MIT Press.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301387227365,"sku":"NP9780262537063","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262537063.jpg?v=1767730008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/incontinence-of-the-void-isbn-9780262537063","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}