Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159) and indexes.
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 The subject of philosophy; 2 What is a master-signifier?; 3 What is an act?; 4 The ''negation of negation''; 5 Žižek on others: others on Žižek; 6 Žižek live; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X.
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Slavoj iek is undoubtedly one of the world''s leading cultural critics. His witty, psychoanalytically-inspired analyses of contemporary society have almost single-handedly revived the notion of ideology. His brilliant commentaries on the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the 19th century German Idealists have brought alive their often difficult ideas for a new generation of readers. But does iek have anything to say in his own right? Is there a system of thought that we can properly call "" iekian""? This book argues that there is, through a reading of two terms in his workthe mast.