{"product_id":"let-them-rot-antigones-parallax-paperback","title":"Let Them Rot: Antigone's Parallax - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlenka Zupančič\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, highly accessible journey to the heart of Sophocles' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntigone \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eelucidating why it keeps resurfacing as a central text of Western thought and Western culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zupančič writes with rare lucidity and patience for exposition, helped along by a talent for turning peculiar phrases or seemingly senseless jokes into full-blown insights. Her ideas are fresh, as if they hailed from some open air beyond the clutter of current theoretical quarrels. This brilliant account of \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground for philosophy, psychoanalysis, and political and feminist theory.\"--\u003cb\u003eJoan Copjec\u003c\/b\u003e, Brown University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is probably no classical text that has inspired more interpretation, critical attention, and creative response than Sophocles' \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003entigone\u003c\/i\u003e. What is it about the figure of Antigone that keeps haunting us? To what kind of always contemporary contradiction does the need, the urge to reread and reimagine \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e--in all kinds of contexts and languages--correspond? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe violence in \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e is the opposite of \"graphic\" as we have come to know it in movies and in the media; rather, it is sharp and piercing, it goes straight to the bone. It is the violence of language, the violence of principles, the violence of desire, the violence of subjectivity. From this question of violence, the author turns to questions of funerary rites and of the relation of Antigone's singularizing claims to her universal appeal. What, Zupančič asks, does this particular (Oedipal) family's misfortune, of which Antigone chooses to be the guardian, share with the general condition of humanity? This forces us to confront the seemingly self-evident question: \"What is incest?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Them Rot \u003c\/i\u003eis Alenka Zupančič's absorbing guided tour of the philosophical and psychoanalytic issues arising from the Theban trilogy. Her original and surprising account illuminates the play's ongoing relevance and invites a wide readership to become captivated by its themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlenka Zupančič\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis at the European Graduate School and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. Her books include \u003ci\u003eWhat IS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sex?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Odd One In: On Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEthics of the Real\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlenka Zupančič \u003c\/b\u003eis a Slovenian philosopher and social theorist. She is a professor of philosophy and psychoanalysis at the European Graduate School and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Sex?\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eThe Odd One In: On Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eEthics of the Real: Kant and Lacan \u003c\/i\u003e(2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648877617254,"sku":"9781531501044","price":35.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MS9EZm9UN3RMSytvWC93NnBVUnhyUT09.webp?v=1779526228","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/let-them-rot-antigones-parallax-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}