En este lúcido ensayo, la filósofa y socióloga Renata Salecl analiza el papel fundamental que juegan el discurso político y mediático en la construcción de nuestras angustias existenciales contemporáneas....
La ignorancia, ya sea pasiva o activa, consciente o inconsciente, siempre ha formado parte de la condición humana. Lo que ha cambiado hoy en día es que a menudo nos sentimos desbordados por la riada constante de información y desinfor...
Ignorance, whether passive or active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our post-truth, postindustrial world is that we often feel overwhelmed by the constant flood of inform...
Today we are encouraged to view our lives as being full of choice. Like products on a supermarket shelf, our identities seem to be there for the choosing. But paradoxically this freedom can create anxiety, and feelings of guilt and inadequacy. In The Tyra...
We frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from âtherapy cultureâ, the Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons of mass destruction. While Hollywood regularly cashes in on teenage...
Why, when we are desperately in love, do we endlessly block union with our love object? Why do we often destroy what we love most? Why do we search out the impossible object? Is it that we desire things because they are unavailable, and therefore, to keep...
The rise of nationalist, racist and anti-feminist ideologies is one of the most frightening repercussions of the collapse of socialism. Using psychoanalytic theories of fantasy to investigate why such extremist ideologies have taken hold, Renata Salecl...