《Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture》

Preface

Walter Benjamin pointed out that Mozart and Kant had the same idea of marriage, which caused much indignation in moralistic circles. In this book, the same idea is put to work(implying that the book is kitsch), and many artists’ works will be interpreted from the perspective of Lacan. We would find what Lacan means in his “Kant with Sade” formula.

The book’s intention is twofold:

1. Use Lacanian theory to analyze the popular culture.
2. Show Lacanian theory helps the idiotic enjoyment of popular culture legitimize.