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Surplus-Enjoyment - A Guide For The Non-Perplexed (Hardcover)
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Surplus-Enjoyment - A Guide For The Non-Perplexed (Hardcover)
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Contemporary life is defined by excess. There must always be more,
there is never enough. We need a surplus to what we need to be able
to truly enjoy what we have. Slavoj Zizek's guide to surplus (and
why it's enjoyable) begins by arguing that what is surplus to our
needs is by its very nature unsubstantial and unnecessary. But,
perversely, without this surplus, we wouldn't be able to enjoy,
what is substantial and necessary. Indeed, without the surplus we
wouldn't be able to identify what was the perfect amount. Is there
any escape from the vicious cycle of surplus enjoyment or are we
forever doomed to simply want more? Engaging with everything from
The Joker film to pop songs and Thomas Aquinas to the history of
pandemics, Zizek argues that recognising the society of enjoyment
we live in for what it is can provide an explanation for the
political impasses in which we find ourselves today. And if we
begin, even a little bit, to recognise that the nuggets of
'enjoyment' we find in excess are as flimsy and futile, might we
find a way out?
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