Theory in film studies, as elsewhere, is in crisis. The once-dominant psychoanalytic paradigm is contested by cognitive models and “Post-Theory”. In the background is a wider crisis in cultural studies, particularly as regards the public role of the politically-engaged intellectual.
In this major new study Slavoj Žižek challenges both cognitivist-historicist accounts of cinema, and conventional film theory. Urging a more complex understanding of Lacan, Žižek seeks to revitalise psychoanalytic approaches to c…
