Renata Salecl je filozofka a socioložka, která zkoumá, jakým způsobem jsou naše rozhodnutí a svoboda ovlivňovány společenskými tlaky a psychologickými mechanismy. Ve své práci se zaměřuje na témata jako je úzkost, volba a jejich dopady na moderního jedince. Analýzou současných společenských jevů odhaluje skryté síly, které formují naše životy a vztahy. Její spisovatelský styl je pronikavý a podněcuje k hlubšímu zamyšlení nad vlastní existencí.
"Drawing on philosophy, social and psychoanalytic theory, popular culture, and her own experience, Salecl explores how the passion for ignorance plays out in many different aspects of life today, from love, illness, trauma, and the fear of failure to genetics, forensic science, big data, and the Incel movement--and she concludes that ignorance is a complex phenomenon that can, on occasion, benefit individuals and society as a whole"--
A brilliant study on the nature of choice and how limitless freedom can lead to despair.
Drawing on vivid examples, Renata Salecl argues that what really produces anxiety is the attempt to get rid of it. Erudite and compelling - essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety.
In (Per)Versions of Love and Hate, Renata Salecl explores the disturbing and complex relationships between love and hate, violence and admiration, libidinal and destructive drives, through investigation of phenomena as diverse as the novels The Age of Innocence and The Remains of the Day, classic Hollywood melodramas, the Sirens' song, Ceausescu's Romania, and the Russian performance artist Oleg Kulik, who acts like a dog and bites his audience. For Salecl - who questions the legitimacy of the calls for 'tolerance and respect' by multiculturalists - practices such as body multilation are symptoms of the radical change that has affected subjectivity in contemporary society.