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The Postmodern Psyche - Exploring Deleuze, Guattari, and Žižek

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This lecture examines postmodernism through the theories of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Slavoj Žižek. It discusses rhizomatic thinking, visual and architectural examples, Žižek’s film criticism, and the relationship between desire and need in connection with Lacan.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Žižek, Deleuze, and the Political
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- Chapter 2. What Is Postmodernism?
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- Chapter 3. Postmodernism, Doubt, and Vision
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- Chapter 4. Dehumanization
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- Chapter 5. Deleuze, Guattari, and Lacan
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- Chapter 6. The Rhizome
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- Chapter 7. Žižek
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- Chapter 8. Holbein's The Ambassadors
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- Chapter 9. Language and Desire
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    Very Good! I enjoyed the course because it combines masters like Kant and Descartes and makes an intelligent transition from the modern period to the postmodern period.
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