Tarrying with the Surface: The Screen Theory of Slavoj Žižek

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 172-179.

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Tarrying with the Surface: The Screen Theory of Slavoj Žižek

Wei Guangji

School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China

Online:2017-09-25 Published:2018-10-17
About author:Wei Guangji, is a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. His research interests cover 20th-century French philosophy, Western literary theory and contemporary radical philosophy.

Abstract

Abstract: Centered around Lacan's concept "screen-image", this paper, proceeding from Žižek's interpretation of Lacanian psychoanalysis, especially from Žižek's critical theory of ideology, tries to elaborate, on the level of the image, how "the real/the Real" is visually constructed, and to demonstrate that the invisible is not the mystery beneath the appearance, but the manner with which the real "tarries with the surface".

Key words: ?i?ek, Lacan, psychoanalysis, screen, image

Wei Guangji . Tarrying with the Surface: The Screen Theory of Slavoj Žižek[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2017, 37(5): 172-179.

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