The Puppet and the Dwarf

The Perverse Core of Christianity

Slavoj Žižek (Professor, European Graduate School)

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
29 August 2003

Philosophy; Religion & beliefs; Philosophy of religion; Christianity; Psychology

Series: Short Circuits

One of our most daring intellectuals offers a Lacanian interpretation of religion, finding that early Christianity was the first revolutionary collective.

Slavoj Zizek has been called ""an academic rock star"" and ""the wild man of theory""; his writing mixes astonishing erudition and references to pop culture in order to dissect current intellectual pieties. In The Puppet and the Dwarf he offers a close reading of today's religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality-New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism-and then tries to redeem the ""materialist"" kernel of Christianity. His reading of Christianity is explicitly political, discerning in the Pauline community of believers the first version of a revolutionary collective. Since today even advocates of Enlightenment like Jurgen Habermas acknowledge that a religious vision is needed to ground our ethical and political stance in a ""postsecular"" age, this book-with a stance that is clearly materialist and at the same time indebted to the core of the Christian legacy-is certain to stir controversy.

By: Slavoj Žižek (Professor European Graduate School)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780262740258
ISBN 10: 0262740257
Series: Short Circuits
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 29 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Slavoj Zizek is a philosopher and cultural critic. He has published over thirty books, including Looking Awry, The Puppet and the Dwarf, and The Parallax View (these three published by the MIT Press).

Reviews for The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity

A witty, informative trip...both erudite and accessible... -- Rick Mitchell * Leonardo Reviews * His writing is bold, confident and contentious. -- Julian Baggini * The Philosopher's Magazine * The Puppet and the Dwarf is Zizek's most compelling and passionate writing on Christianity to date. -- Erik Davis * Bookforum * Quite possibly the most entertaining philosopher working today. Zizek knows how to think the unthinkable. -- Jori Finkel * Village Voice * Slavoj Zizek may have the strongest 'brand identity'...of any cultural theorist now in the marketplace of ideas. -- Scott McLemee * The Chronicle of Higher Education * Zizek is the first Marxist to write theology in a post-marxist, post-secular age. -- Eugene McCarraher * In These Times * ...Zizek mixes Pauline speculations with analyses of everything from G. K. Chesterton to chocolate eggs. -- Terry Eagleton * TLS * Zizek rarely fails to entertain... * <i>Library Journal</i> *