The Threshold of the Visible World

In *The Threshold of the Visible World* Kaja Silverman advances a revolutionary new political aesthetic, exploring the possibilities for looking beyond the restrictive mandates of the self, and the normative aspects of the cultural image-repertoire. She provides a detailed account of the social and psychic forces which constrain us to look and identify in normative ways, and the violence which that normativity implies.

Autorentext

Silverman, Kaja

Zusammenfassung
In The Threshold of the Visible World Kaja Silverman advances a revolutionary new political aesthetic, exploring the possibilities for looking beyond the restrictive mandates of the self, and the normative aspects of the cultural image-repertoire. She provides a detailed account of the social and psychic forces which constrain us to look and identify in normative ways, and the violence which that normativity implies.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part 1 The Threshold; Chapter 1 The Bodily Ego; Chapter 2 From the Ideal-Ego to the Active Gift of Love; Chapter 3 Political Ecstasy; Part 2 The Visible World; Chapter 4 The Gaze; Chapter 5 The Look; Chapter 6 The Screen;