Opera´s second death / Slavoj Žižek and Mladen Dolar.

Incluye bibliografía (p. 227-231).

_ Introduction: for the Love of Opera / Slavoj Zizek, Mladen Dolar -- If Music be the Food of Love / Mladen Dolar -- The Birth of Opera from the Spirit of Absolutism -- Acheronta movebo -- The Logic of Mercy -- Opera buffa -- Syntax -- Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail -- Figaro -- Don Giovanni -- The Opera in Philosophy: Mozart and Kierkegaard -- La femme machine -- Machine in Love -- A Philosopher in the Opera -- Machine and Enjoyment -- The Rationalistic Myth of the Enlightenment -- He Is a Man--Even More, He Is a Prince -- Three Continuations -- Intermission -- ´I do Not Order My Dreams´ / Slavoj Zizek -- The Death Drive and the Wagnerian Sublime -- The Forced Choice -- The Disavowal -- ´Deeper Than the Day Could Read´ -- The What-Ifs -- Tristan´s Journey to the Bottom of the Night -- Transgression? No, Thanks! -- Wagner´s Sexualized Politics -- The Moebius Strip -- ´The Everlasting Irony of Community´ -- Wagner with Kierkegaard -- Kundry´s Laughter ... -- ... and Her Kiss -- The Feminine versus Woman -- Interlude / The Feminine Excess -- Run, Isode, Run -- The Cyberspace Tristan -- The Morning After -- ´It quacks, hoots, pants, and gasps´ -- The Separated Flames -- No More Running.