The plague of fantasies /

Zizek, Slavoj

The plague of fantasies / Slavoj Zizek - London : Verso, ©1997 - xxiv, 320 p. ; 22 cm - The essential Zizek .

Includes bibliographical references and index

The seven veils of fantasy -- Love thy neighbour? No, thanks! -- Fetishism and its vicissitudes -- Cyberspace, or, the unbearable closure of being

Slavoj Zizek claims that the current age in which we live is plagued by fantasms in the form of digitized imagery and the increasingly abstract nature of daily life. He explores the relationship between fantasy and ideology.

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Sociology
Fantasy
Concrete (Philosophy)
Psychoanalysis and culture
Popular culture.
Ideology.
Virtual reality.
Cyberspace.
Philosophy
Psychology: states of consciousness