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Embracing Alienation
The left views alienation as something to be resisted or overcome, but could it actually form the basis of our emancipation? We often think of our existential and political …
Capitalism and Desire
Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders—but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to …
Emancipation After Hegel
Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering Hegel’s thought as a resource for …
Pure Excess
Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more—more wealth, more …
Can Philosophy Love?
How can we articulate a philosophy of love? This volume stages encounters between contemporary understandings of love and philosophy. It considers particular continental …
The Racist Fantasy
What stands out about racism is its ability to withstand efforts to legislate or educate it away. In The Racist Fantasy, Todd McGowan argues that its persistence is due to a …
Enjoying What We Don't Have
Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political project inherent in the …
i ek Responds!
Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj i ek have been, like i ek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his …
Lacan and Contemporary Film
This unique volume collects a series of essays that link new developments in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and recent trends in contemporary cinema. Though Lacanian theory has …
The Impossible David Lynch
Todd McGowan launches a provocative exploration of weirdness and fantasy in David Lynch's groundbreaking oeuvre. He studies Lynch's talent for blending the bizarre and the normal …
i ek Responds!
Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj i ek have been, like i ek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his …