Introduction: From Sarajevo to Hitchcock ... and Back -- 1. The Deadlock of 'Repressive Desublimation' -- 2. Does the Subject Have a Cause? -- 3. Superego by Default -- 4. Courtly Love, or, Woman as Thing -- 5. David Lynch, or, the Feminine Depression -- 6. Otto Weininger, or, 'Woman doesn't exist' -- Appendix: Taking Sides: A Self-Interview.
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This text uses Lacanian psychoanalysis as the basis for a renewal of the Marxist theory of ideology. The author's analysis leads into a study of the figure of woman in modern art and ideology, and the links between violence and power/gender relations.