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Book SynopsisPerversity and Ethics argues that a psychoanalytic reading of the phenomenon of perversity is crucial to understanding contemporary philosophical ethics.
Trade Review"In today's times, when the ruling ideology presents itself in the guise of the primacy of the ethical over politics—thereby soliciting us to dismiss every project of radical political change as ethically problematic—Egginton's book reasserts Freud's message about the perverse core of ethics in all its raw force. It strikes at the very heart of today's ideological mess and cuts through its Gordian knot!" -- Slavoj Zizek, Co-director, International Center for Humanities, Birbeck College * University of London *
"The naughty knottedness of law and desire is the focus of Egginton's illuminating study of the psychoanalytic reorientation in ethical thought. Giving Lacan's concepts a new philosophical lineage,
Perversity and Ethics renews them and breaks fresh ground. Written for anyone interested in contemporary ethical theory, this book will engage committed Lacanians and sceptics alike." -- Joan Copjec, Professor of English, Comparative Literature
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments 000 Preface 000 1. Freud and the Banishment of Evil 000 2. In the Beginning Was the (Orthos) Logos 000 3. Deconstruction and the Theology of Desire 000 4. Sexual Difference and the Ethics of Duplicity 000 Notes 000 Works Cited 000 Index 000
