Consciousness and the Neoliberal Subject: A Theory of Ideology Via Marcuse, Jameson and Zizek

ISBN-13: 9781032236940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Jon Bailes

Opis

Through a critical examination of the thought of Marcuse, Jameson, and Žižek, this book constructs a theory of ideology, considering the ways in which individuals rationalise and accept socio-economic conditions, taking into account not only unconscious attachment to social relations, but also conscious rationalisation.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. An Ideology Model  2. Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Rationalisation  3. Marcuse: The Art and Politics of Revolution  4. Fredric Jameson: A Postmodern Narrative  5. Jameson: Reconstructing Class Consciousness  6. Slavoj Žižek: Disavowing the Real  7. Žižek: Enacting Negation  Conclusion

O autorze

Jon Bailes is an independent researcher and writer. He has a PhD in European Studies from UCL. He is the author of Ideology and the Virtual City: Videogames, Power Fantasies and Neoliberalism and the co-editor of Weapon of the Strong: Conversations on US State Terrorism.