{"product_id":"the-riddling-between-oedipus-and-the-sphinx-ontology-hauntology-and-heterologies-of-the-grotesque-9780761866626","title":"The Riddling Between Oedipus and the Sphinx","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037885628759,"sku":"9780761866626","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761866626.jpg?v=1750938015","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-riddling-between-oedipus-and-the-sphinx-ontology-hauntology-and-heterologies-of-the-grotesque-9780761866626","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}