ORGANS WITHOUT BODIES

n this deliciously polemical work, a giant of cultural theory immerses himself in the ideas of a giant of French thought. In his ini mical style, Zizek links Deleuze's work with both Oedipus and Hegel, figures from whom the French philosopher distanced himself. Ziz ek turns some Deleuzian concepts around in order to explore the 'organs without bodies' in such films as Fight Club and the works of Hitchcock. Finally, he attacks what he sees as the 'radical chic' Deleuzians, arguing that such projects turn Deleuze into an ideol ogist of...[Read more]