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The Sublime Object of Ideology

By: Slavoj Žižek
Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
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Slavoj Žižek's first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.

©2009 Slavoj Zizek (P)2021 Tantor Philosophy Social Sciences Society Sociology Metaphysical

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I thought the narration was clear enough, with a few philosophical terms mispronounced to little detriment.
Material is often hard and not like ‘popular Zizek’. Pains must be taken to tackel the Hegelian passages so don’t do the cooking at the same time or you will loose the argument. A deep book that often surprises, if you are beginning with Zizek. Definitely will return to some passages in the course of my studies.

Well handled narration

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I have already read this book a few years ago and loved it, so decided to get the audio version for a recap. However, the narration is terrible and sucks all the life out of the text. It is plainly clear that he has no idea about what he's reading or the subject matter at hand and is just reading the text out in a dry and confusing way. This in turn makes it boring and confusing to listen to because he's not emphasising the right words or adding the proper inflections to certain sentences. A base knowledge of what is being read is essential to books such as this, and this has been a general problem with a few philosophy/political texts on Audible. In contrast to this, please see Mark Fisher's books on here, read by Tom Lawrence, who clearly understands the subject matter and elevates the text brilliantly. A narrator can not simply narrate, he has to understand what he's narrating otherwise you might as well get a computer to read it out.
Also, considering Zizek's buoyant and fervent way of talking, why they thought to get this fusty old geezer to read out his book is anyone's guess.

Great book ruined by narration

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