1st Edition

The Threshold of the Visible World

By Kaja Silverman Copyright 1996

    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.

    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;

    Biography

    Silverman, Kaja

    "...Silverman has managed to advance an ethical position with scrupulous lucidity, as intricate as it is compelling and inspiring." -- San Francisco Bay Guardian