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A review by casparb
The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek
4.0
This was one of the most alarmingly complex books I've read in any recent time. Žižek is quite merciless at springing from Hegel to Lacan, back and forth such that the reader is just about able to keep their head above the surface. I don't entirely blame the big Z - Lacan is extraordinarily complex (to say nothing of Hegel), and I think Žižek is genuinely trying to make it comprehensible. It's not to be understood on a first read. But those brief moments where the sunlight gets through - something clicks into place - are viscerally satisfying.
I'm aware that I'm something of a stuck record but I found Graham here too. This is, I think, the most spectacular aspect of reading silly books like this one - even in the most convoluted areas he can be found. That makes this sort of thing entirely worth the effort.
I'm aware that I'm something of a stuck record but I found Graham here too. This is, I think, the most spectacular aspect of reading silly books like this one - even in the most convoluted areas he can be found. That makes this sort of thing entirely worth the effort.