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Only a Joke Can Save Us presents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humor in phi …

In a radical reconsideration of political theory and politics, Paul Eisenstein and Todd Mc Gowan explore the notion of rupture or radical tearing apart in both history and theory through the sweep of …

The Film Theory in Practice Series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of …

The Film Theory in Practice Series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of …

Responding to the ongoing objectal turn in contemporary humanities and social sciences, the essays in Subject Lessons present a sustained case for the continued importance indeed, the indispensabilit …

What stands out about racism is its ability to withstand efforts to legislate or educate it away. In The Racist Fantasy, Todd Mc Gowan argues that its persistence is due to a massive unconscious inve …

What stands out about racism is its ability to withstand efforts to legislate or educate it away. In The Racist Fantasy, Todd Mc Gowan argues that its persistence is due to a massive unconscious inve …

Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek have been, like Žižek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially a …

Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek have been, like Žižek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially a …

Since the release of Do the Right Thing in 1989, Spike Lee has established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee’s mostly independent films garner popular audiences while at the same time engaging in subs …