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The leading philosopher of our time tackles the demise of liberalism, from the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown

About the Author

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. His books include Less Than Nothing, The Sublime Object of Ideology, and many more.

Reviews

Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.
*New Yorker*

The Elvis of cultural theory.
*The Chronicle of Higher Education*

One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left.
*Times Literary Supplement*