Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical
resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and
as the defender of simple human dignity (more important than all
political struggles). But is she really so innocent and pure? What if
there is a dark side to her? What if Creon, the representative of
state power, also has a valuable point to make? And what if both
Antigone and Creon are part of a problem that only a popular
intervention can confront?
Žižek's rewriting of this classic play confronts these issues in a
practical way: not by theorizing about them, but by imagining an
_Antigone_ in which, at a crucial moment, the action takes a different
turn, an _Antigone_ along the lines of _Run, Lola, Run_ or of Brecht's
learning plays.
A brilliantly funny, moving and political piece for those who are
interested in reading and watching _Antigone_ in an entirely new way.
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Product details
ISBN
9781474269391
Published
2020
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury UK
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author