Cogito and the unconscious
By: Slavoj Žižek, editor.
Contributors: Žižek, Slavoj.
Series: SIC ;; 2; SIC (Durham, N.C.) ;; 2.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Lacan, Jacques, 1901-; Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Description: The Cartesian cogito - the principle articulated by Descartes that "I think, therefore I am"--Is often hailed as the precursor of modern science. At the same time, the cogito's agent, the ego, is sometimes feared as the agency of manipulative domination responsible for all present woes, from patriarchal oppression to ecological catastrophes. Cogito and the Unconscious explores the vicissitudes of the cogito and shows that psychoanalyses can render visible a constitutive madness within modern philosophy, the point at which "I think, therefore I am" becomes obsessional neurosis characterized by "If I stop thinking, I will cease to exist."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.