Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Violence of Desire 3. Staging the Fantasy 4. Subjective Destitution Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

An examination of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s cinematic oeuvre that argues for an underlying philosophy of his films and other artistic works.

About the Author

William Egginton is the Decker Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, USA. His research and teaching focus on literature and philosophy, psychoanalysis, the foundations of physics, early modern European literature and thought, and modern Latin American literature.