http://velvethowler.com So much more than you wanted. Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://velvethowler.com/2008/09/07/the-art-of-shrinking-heads/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:41:58 +0000 Bryan http://www.velvethowler.com/?p=1435 The Art of Shrinking Heads, a Lacanian critique of late capitalism and the rise of the “postmodern subject.” I haven’t read Dufour’s book yet, but going off of Dean’s review, it seems to significantly overlap with Zizek’s similarly-themed politico-philosophical project, which would be one reason among others to take some interest in reading it (or her post(s) on it, at the very least). ]]> Jodi Dean over at I cite has put together a brief review of Dany-Robert Dufour’s The Art of Shrinking Heads, a Lacanian critique of late capitalism and the rise of the “postmodern subject.” I haven’t read Dufour’s book yet, but going off of Dean’s review, it seems to significantly overlap with Zizek’s similarly-themed politico-philosophical project, which would be one reason among others to take some interest in reading it (or her post(s) on it, at the very least).

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