Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"We encounter here a unique and provocative twist in the quest to depict Slovenia and the Slovenes. . . . A skillful pen, evoking deadly sincerity and a chuckle with the same stroke, is an invitation to explore this unconventional narrative." * Slovene Studies *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface: Andandpersand
Introduction
I. Of Semblances and . . .
II. Of Selves
A Break in the Pattern
Chapter 1
I. Walter Benjamin, Ljubljana, 1986
II. Walter Benjamin (et al.) Speaks His Mind,
Ljubljana, 1986 (2001, 2003)
Chapter 2
I. Technologies of Self-Protection
II. “By the very cunning of the scene”
Portraits of a Three-Headed Mountain
(1968, 2004, 2007)
Chapter 3
I. Two in the Same: Janez Janša, Janez Janša,
Janez Janša, and Janez Janša
II. This Is Going to Hurt a Little
Chapter 4
I. Is Slavoj Žižek Full of Shit?
II. More on the Same Subject
Chapter 5
I. Inside the Body Is Blood and Bone
II. “ . . . or at least fail while trying”
Afterword: Melania Trump (née Melanija Knavs)
Bibliography
Index
