Cogito and the Unconscious

sic 2 ([sic] Series)

Pages: 279
Published: 1998
Language: English

This book explores the Cartesian cogito, the principle 'I think, therefore I am,' often seen as a foundation of modern science. It examines how psychoanalysis can reveal a fundamental instability within modern philosophy. The text suggests that the cogito can devolve into an obsessional neurosis, where the fear of ceasing to exist drives continuous thought.

Prose complexity: 10/10

Intellectual Complex Thought-Provoking

Philosophy Psychology

Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a coeditor of Gaze and Voice as Love Objects and author of Tarrying with the Negative, both published by Duke University Press.