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One of our most daring intellectuals offers a Lacanian interpretation of religion, finding that early Christianity was the first revolutionary collective. Slavoj ?i?ek has been called "an academic rock star" and "the wild... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj ?i?ek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never... See More
A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. But if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face up to the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet, argues Slavoj ?i?ek, it... See More
Slavoj ?i?ek is one of the world's foremost cultural commentators: a prolific writer and thinker, whose vividly adventurous, unorthodox and wide-ranging writings have won him a unique place as one of the most high profile... See More
Religion & Spirituality
A militant Marxist atheist and a "Radical Orthodox" Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia. "What matters is not so much that ?i?ek is... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj iek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek turns to look at the brave new... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj ?i?ek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism. There is obviously trouble in... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj ?i?ek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible philosophy Agatha Christie's 4.50 from Paddington opens on a train from... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Jacques Lacan is the foremost psychoanalytic theorist after Freud. Revolutionising the study of social relations, his work has been a major influence on political theory, philosophy, literature and the arts, but his thought... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
"Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?" In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy, along with its critical weaknesses... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book captures Zizek at his irrepressible best, elucidating such topics as the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
The title is just the first of many startling asides, observations and insights that fill this guide to Hollywood on the Lacanian psychoanalyst's couch. Zizek introduces the ideas of Jacques Lacan through the medium of... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In the space of barely more than five years, with the publication of four pathbreaking books, Slavoj ?i?ek has earned the reputation of being one of the most arresting, insightful, and scandalous thinkers in recent memory... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Lenin's originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. But, Zizek argues in his new study and collection of original texts, Lenin's true greatness can be... See More
The "formidably brilliant" ?i?ek considers sexuality, ontology, subjectivity, and Marxian critiques of political economy by way of Lacanian psychoanalysis. If the most interesting theoretical interventions emerge today from... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In this new book, Slavoj ?i?ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of ?i?ek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
?i?ek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy. "A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein The good news is that this book offers an entertaining but... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and influence of The Communist Manifesto. Translated into over 100 languages, this clarion call to the workers of the world radically shaped the events of the... See More
Interrogating the Real is the first volume of the collected writings of Slavoj ?i?ek - undoubtedly one of the world's leading contemporary cultural commentators, and one of the most inspiring, provocative and entertaining... See More
Jacques Lacans Psychoanalyse ist -- wie die psychoanalytische Bewegung überhaupt -- auch ein politisches Phänomen. Man denke nur an die riesige Gemeinschaft der Analysanden und Analytiker, in der sich eine spezifische... See More
"We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Catherine Malabou, Antonio Negri, John D. Caputo, Bruno Bosteels, Mark C. Taylor, and Slavoj Zizek join seven others -- including William Desmond, Katrin Pahl, Adrian Johnston, Edith Wyschogrod, and Thomas A. Lewis -- to... See More
Marx's critique of political economy is vital for understanding the crisis of contemporary capitalism. Yet the nature of its relevance and some of its key tenets remain poorly understood. This bold intervention brings... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
At the outset of the twentieth century, Lenin argued that materialism has to change its form with each new scientific discovery. Today, argues Slavoj Zizek in this major new work, we should apply this stricture to Lenin... See More
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In some circles, a nod towards totalitarianism is enough to dismiss any critique of the status quo. Such is the insidiousness of the neo-liberal ideology, argues Slavoj Zizek. Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? turns a... See More
The Cartesian cogito -- the principle articulated by Descartes that "I think, therefore I am" -- is often hailed as the precursor of modern science. At the same time, the cogito's agent, the ego, is sometimes feared as the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In ?i?ek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the "parallax gap" in the ontological, the scientific, and the political -- and rehabilitates dialectical materialism. The Parallax View is Slavoj ?i?ek's most substantial... See More