Slavoj Žižek, The Metastases of Enjoyment: On Women and Causality

Kelsey Wood (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Psychoanalysis
Women's Studies

Dates

First circulation or publication 1994

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Treatise

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One of today's most important thinkers, Slavoj Žižek forges a new vision of human nature and culture by developing the philosophical implications of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. Žižek elaborates Lacanian theory in light of the philosophy of German Idealism, particularly the dialectical method of G.W.F. Hegel. This fusion not only allows him to develop a unique ontology—transcendental materialism—it also facilitates a rigorous (though unorthodox) Marxist critique of liberal global capitalism. One of Žižek's most provocative books is

The Metastases of Enjoyment: On Women and Causality

(1994).

The Metastases of Enjoyment (abbreviated Metastases below), builds on Žižek's previous works by tracing the workings of enjoyment as a political factor. “Enjoyment” is

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Citation: Wood, Kelsey. "The Metastases of Enjoyment: On Women and Causality". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 July 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23506, accessed 27 November 2024.]