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

M. Flisfeder

Palgrave Macmillan US, Oct 16, 2012 - Performing Arts - 195 pages

Returning to questions about ideology and subjectivity, Flisfeder argues that Slavoj Žižek's theory of film aims to re-politicize film studies and film theory, bringing cinema into the fold of twenty-first century politics.

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 Žižek and Media Studies: A Reader (2014).

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek's Theory of Film
• Author: M. Flisfeder
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2012
• ISBN: 0230341470, 9780230341470
• Length: 195 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / Film / General; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Performing Arts / General; Photography / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography