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Has Oedipus Signed Off (or Struck Ë Ë Out)?: Zizek, Lacan and the Field of Cyberspace Costello: Iâm only asking you. Whoâs the guy on ï¬rst base? Abbott: Thatâs right. (Abbott and Costello, âWhoâs on First?â [1936])1 Taking the Field Perhaps in part because of the attention he gives to cutting-edge Ë z popular culture, Slavoj ZiË ek enjoys a celebrity status that is unique in the ï¬eld of cultural theory, his reputation as both ï¬amboyant showman and intellectual heavy-hitter conï¬rmed by the colourful moniker â âThe Giant of Ljubljanaâ â which seems to confer the charisma of a popular sports-hero on this Lacanian philosopher. But decades before Lacanâs own grandstand play diagrammed Ë z ZiË ekâs ï¬eld as the relay of intersubjective desire around four bases (in the schema L), popular culture had already produced a peerless demonstration of sliding subjectivity, circulating in a diamond-shaped semantic ï¬eld.2 I am, of course, referring to Abbott and Costelloâs classic routine on baseball, âWhoâs on First?â (1936), which hilariously muddles meaning and position: the straight man Abbott pitches a slippery signiï¬er (âWhoâ) to his hopelessly confused partner Costello, unable to catch its meaning, none the less gives merry chase to
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Published: Jul 1, 2001
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