As a psychoanalytic philosopher,Zizek shows great interest in such Pre-Qin thoughts as Confucianism and philosophy of Chuang Tzu,and relates them to Lacanian philosophy.Through the psychoanalytic analysis of“butterfl...As a psychoanalytic philosopher,Zizek shows great interest in such Pre-Qin thoughts as Confucianism and philosophy of Chuang Tzu,and relates them to Lacanian philosophy.Through the psychoanalytic analysis of“butterfly”image in The Butterfly Dream,M.Butterfly and so on,Zizek interprets ancient Confucian culture,thus visualizes the image of ancient China as an existing“Other”to the West.His Chinese butterfly image and cultural mirror image have some kind of fundamental homogeneity.FromZizek's analysis of butterfly image,we can see how he conceptualizes ancient China by constructing the fantasy of butterfly,and how western scholars understand modern China through the mirror image of the Other.Understanding howZizek views China can provide us with a perspective to reflect upon cultural exchange between China and the West.展开更多
In How to Read Lacan, noted cultural theorist, Slavoj Zizek, addresses a ＂comedic,＂ British, beer commercial to highlight an element of Lacanian psychoanalysis （i.e., obj et petit a）. Although his use of the comm...In How to Read Lacan, noted cultural theorist, Slavoj Zizek, addresses a ＂comedic,＂ British, beer commercial to highlight an element of Lacanian psychoanalysis （i.e., obj et petit a）. Although his use of the commercial serves his purpose, Zizek only dedicates one paragraph to it. This work significantly expands Zizek＇s initial interpretation by （1） contextualizing the commercial＇s plotline via comparison to other, similar mythological plots; （2） examining how the visual arrangement and narrative structure work to construct gender; and （3） addressing beauty via the Lacanian ＂demand＂ and ＂desires＂ made manifest within the text.展开更多
基金This article is supported by the“Major Project of National Social Science Foundation”entitled“Chinese issues in Western literary theory in the 20th century”(16ZDA194).
文摘As a psychoanalytic philosopher,Zizek shows great interest in such Pre-Qin thoughts as Confucianism and philosophy of Chuang Tzu,and relates them to Lacanian philosophy.Through the psychoanalytic analysis of“butterfly”image in The Butterfly Dream,M.Butterfly and so on,Zizek interprets ancient Confucian culture,thus visualizes the image of ancient China as an existing“Other”to the West.His Chinese butterfly image and cultural mirror image have some kind of fundamental homogeneity.FromZizek's analysis of butterfly image,we can see how he conceptualizes ancient China by constructing the fantasy of butterfly,and how western scholars understand modern China through the mirror image of the Other.Understanding howZizek views China can provide us with a perspective to reflect upon cultural exchange between China and the West.
文摘In How to Read Lacan, noted cultural theorist, Slavoj Zizek, addresses a ＂comedic,＂ British, beer commercial to highlight an element of Lacanian psychoanalysis （i.e., obj et petit a）. Although his use of the commercial serves his purpose, Zizek only dedicates one paragraph to it. This work significantly expands Zizek＇s initial interpretation by （1） contextualizing the commercial＇s plotline via comparison to other, similar mythological plots; （2） examining how the visual arrangement and narrative structure work to construct gender; and （3） addressing beauty via the Lacanian ＂demand＂ and ＂desires＂ made manifest within the text.
