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the art of the ridiculous sublime on david lynchos lost highway
the art of the ridiculous sublime is first of all the detailed reading of david lynchs the lost highway based on the premises of lacanian psychoanalysis . lynchs unique universe of the ridiculous sublime is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society . p a master of reversals zizek invites the reader to reexamine with him easy assumptions received opinion and current critical trends as well as pose tough questions about the ways in which we understand our world and culture . he offers provocative readings of casablanca schindlers list and life is beautiful in the process of examining topics as diverse and as closely linked as ethics politics and cyberspace .
paperback university of washington press 2000 isbn 0295979259
abridged n isbn 13 9780295979250 number of pages 56 publisher walter chapin simpson center for the humaniti release date 62135769600000 series title occasional papers walter chapin simpson center for the humanities 1 .