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Book SynopsisThe Riddling between Oedipus and the Sphinx, Ontology, Hauntology, and Heterologies of the Grotesque probes the polemic status of the other and the dubious nature of the subject from a heterodox perspective of an emblematic grotesque figure, the Sphinxâthe mystical trickster and the guardian of sacred knowledge in Egyptian culture.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Return of the Grotesque Part One: The Primal Scenes Revisited: Archeology and Genealogy of the Grotesque Chapter 1. The Uncanny Subject between Aesthetics and Metaphysics Chapter 2. The Mystical Encounter between the Sphinx and Oedipus Part Two: Reconfiguring the Grotesque between the Sphinx and Oedipus Chapter 3. The Enigmatic Sphinx: The Grotesque Other in Aesthetic Speculation Chapter 4. Oedipus Obsessed: Grotesque Desire and the Phantom Subject Part Three: The Subject of the Other(s) in Ontology and Heterologies Chapter 5. Oracles and Ghosts: The Dubious Others in Lacan’s Discourse of the Subject Chapter 6. From Ontology to Heterologies: A Postmodern Perspective on Otherness Afterword: The Cyborg: A Post-human Return to the Grotesque Bibliography Index
