{"product_id":"perversions-of-love-and-hate-9781859842362","title":"Perversions of Love and Hate","description":"Why, when we are desperately in love, do we endlessly block union with our love object? Why do we often destroy what we love most? Why do we search out the impossible object? Is it that we desire things because they are unavailable, and therefore, to keep desire alive, we need to prevent its fulfillment? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenata Salecl explores the distributing and complex relationships between love and hate, violence and admiration, libidinal and destructive drives, through an investigation of phenomenon as diverse as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, classic Hollywood melodramas, the Sirens' song, Ceaușescu's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRumania and the Russian performance artist Oleg Kulik, who acts like a dog and bites his audience. \u003ci\u003e(Per)Versions of Love and Hate\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique and timely intervention in contemporary debates by questioning the legitimacy of the calls for tolerance and respect by multiculturalism and exploring practices such as body-mutilation as symptoms of the radical change that has affected subjectivity in contemporary society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Renata Salecl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Wo Es War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.18w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859842362","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109280243849,"sku":"9781859842362","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1432d9bc-d552-4f85-adc4-0f97f8735f02.jpg?v=1767073814","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/perversions-of-love-and-hate-9781859842362","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}