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Contemporary life is defined by excess. There must always be more, there is never enough. We need a surplus to what we need to be able to truly enjoy what we have. Slavoj Žižek's guide to surplus (and why it's enjoyable) begins by arguing that what is surplus to our needs is by its very nature unsubstantial and unnecessary. But, perversely, without this surplus, we wouldn't be able to enjoy, what is substantial and necessary. Indeed, without the surplus we wouldn't be able to identify what was the perfect amount.
Is there any escape from the vicious cycle of surplus enjoyment or are we forever doomed to simply want more? Engaging with everything from The Joker film to pop songs and Thomas Aquinas to the history of pandemics, Žižek argues that recognising the society of enjoyment we live in for what it is can provide an explanation for the political impasses in which we find ourselves today. And if we begin, even a little bit, to recognise that the nuggets of 'enjoyment' we find in excess are as flimsy and futile, might we find a way out?
Table of Contents
1. Where Is The Rift? Marx, Capitalism, And Ecology
2. A Non-binary Difference? Psychoanalysis, Politics, And Philosophy
3. Surplus-Enjoyment, Or, Why Do We Enjoy Our Oppression
Finale: Subjective Destitution As A Political Category
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Product details
| Published | Oct 19 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 400 |
| ISBN | 9781350409392 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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