{"product_id":"perversions-of-love-and-hate-paperback","title":"Perversions of Love and Hate - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRenata Salecl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, when we are desperately in love, do we endlessly block union with our love object? Why do we often destroy what we love most? Why do we search out the impossible object? Is it that we desire things because they are unavailable, and therefore, to keep desire alive, we need to prevent its fulfillment? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenata Salecl explores the distributing and complex relationships between love and hate, violence and admiration, libidinal and destructive drives, through an investigation of phenomenon as diverse as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, classic Hollywood melodramas, the Sirens' song, Ceaușescu's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRumania and the Russian performance artist Oleg Kulik, who acts like a dog and bites his audience. \u003ci\u003e(Per)Versions of Love and Hate\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique and timely intervention in contemporary debates by questioning the legitimacy of the calls for tolerance and respect by multiculturalism and exploring practices such as body-mutilation as symptoms of the radical change that has affected subjectivity in contemporary society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenata Salcel\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher and sociologist. She is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology, University of Ljublijana, Slovenia, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Spoils of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and, edited with Slavoj Žižek, \u003ci\u003eGaze and Voice as Love Objects\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45371600142415,"sku":"9781859842362","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/oCnOVp6tIa9781859842362.webp?v=1780145553","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/perversions-of-love-and-hate-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}