The Sublime Object of Ideology (The Essential Zizek)

Slavoj iek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the Elvis of cultural theory, and todays most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular culture, literature and jokesall to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Perverts Guide to the Cinema and iek! reveal a theorist at the peak of his powers and a skilled communicator. Now Verso is making his classic titles, each of which stand as a core of his ever-expanding lifes work, available as new editions. Each is beautifully re-packaged, including new introductions from iek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts for understanding ieks thought and thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy. The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slavoj ieks first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.