The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film

Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's most important contemporary public intellectuals. Much of his popularity stems from his constant and recurring references to popular culture and cinema, as well as his own appearances in films such as The Pervert's Guide to Cinema and Examined Life. Although Zizek refers to cinema in order to help explain difficult concepts in his theoretical writing, film scholars question whether Zizek has his own theory of film. This book argues that Zizek's writing on film radically reorients the scope of contemporary film studies. Returning to questions about ideology and subjectivity, Flisfeder argues that Slavoj Zizek's theory of film aims to re-politicize film studies and film theory, bringing cinema into the fold of twenty-first century politics.

Author: M. Flisfeder
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/16/2012
Pages: 195
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230341470

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2013

About the Author
Matthew Flisfeder is Assistant Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He is author of Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner (2017), and co-editor (with Louis-Paul Willis) of Zizek and Media Studies: A Reader (2014).