Zizek Books

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The Sublime Object of Ideology The Sublime Object of Ideology (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,032 ratings — published 1989
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Violence: Six Sideways Reflections Violence: Six Sideways Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,358 ratings — published 2007
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Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.17 — 627 ratings — published 2012
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The Parallax View (Short Circuits) The Parallax View (Short Circuits)
by (shelved 18 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,343 ratings — published 2006
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How to Read Lacan How to Read Lacan (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,430 ratings — published 2006
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Absolute Recoil: Towards A New Foundation Of Dialectical Materialism Absolute Recoil: Towards A New Foundation Of Dialectical Materialism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.88 — 298 ratings — published 2014
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce First As Tragedy, Then As Farce (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,745 ratings — published 2009
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In Defense of Lost Causes In Defense of Lost Causes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,152 ratings — published 2008
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The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For? The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For? (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.69 — 996 ratings — published 2000
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Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,254 ratings — published 2001
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Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,899 ratings — published 1991
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Event Event (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,389 ratings — published 2014
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Living in the End Times Living in the End Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,029 ratings — published 2010
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For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.91 — 299 ratings — published 1991
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Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.48 — 3,651 ratings — published 2020
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,398 ratings — published 2018
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The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.94 — 785 ratings — published 1997
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The Plague of Fantasies (Wo Es War Series) The Plague of Fantasies (Wo Es War Series)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.97 — 783 ratings — published 1997
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The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Women and Causality The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Women and Causality (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.83 — 303 ratings — published 1994
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Sex and the Failed Absolute Sex and the Failed Absolute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.15 — 185 ratings — published 2019
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Conversations with Žižek Conversations with Žižek (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.86 — 158 ratings — published 2003
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Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,435 ratings — published 2014
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The Year of Dreaming Dangerously The Year of Dreaming Dangerously (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,265 ratings — published 2012
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God in Pain: Inversions of Apocalypse God in Pain: Inversions of Apocalypse (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.73 — 284 ratings — published 2008
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Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?: Five Interventions in the (Mis)use of a Notion Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?: Five Interventions in the (Mis)use of a Notion
by (shelved 8 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.72 — 449 ratings — published 2001
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The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.81 — 789 ratings — published 2017
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Mapping Ideology (Mappings Series) Mapping Ideology (Mappings Series)
by (shelved 7 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.01 — 292 ratings — published 1995
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Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology (Post-Contemporary Interventions) Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
by (shelved 7 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.95 — 341 ratings — published 1993
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The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (Short Circuits) The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (Short Circuits)
by (shelved 7 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.75 — 328 ratings — published 2008
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Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.95 — 499 ratings — published 2014
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Žižek's Jokes: Did You Hear the One about Hegel and Negation? Žižek's Jokes: Did You Hear the One about Hegel and Negation? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.50 — 1,459 ratings — published 2014
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The Most Sublime Hysteric: Hegel with Lacan The Most Sublime Hysteric: Hegel with Lacan (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.95 — 64 ratings — published 1982
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The Indivisible Remainder: On Schelling and Related Matters (Radical Thinkers) The Indivisible Remainder: On Schelling and Related Matters (Radical Thinkers)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.00 — 156 ratings — published 1996
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock) Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.80 — 406 ratings — published 1988
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Organs without Bodies: Deleuze and Consequences Organs without Bodies: Deleuze and Consequences (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.58 — 572 ratings — published 2003
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The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity (Short Circuits) The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity (Short Circuits)
by (shelved 6 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.83 — 803 ratings — published 2003
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Hegel in a Wired Brain Hegel in a Wired Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.93 — 342 ratings — published 2020
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Incontinence of the Void: Economico-Philosophical Spandrels (Short Circuits) Incontinence of the Void: Economico-Philosophical Spandrels (Short Circuits)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.99 — 67 ratings — published 2017
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Disparities Disparities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.85 — 84 ratings — published
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The Idea of Communism 2: The New York Conference The Idea of Communism 2: The New York Conference (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.74 — 70 ratings — published 2011
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Zizek's Ontology: A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity Zizek's Ontology: A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 4.30 — 97 ratings — published 2008
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The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch's Lost Highway The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch's Lost Highway (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.69 — 527 ratings — published 2005
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Enjoy Your Symptom!: Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out Enjoy Your Symptom!: Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.92 — 729 ratings — published 1991
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Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There is No Future? Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There is No Future? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.82 — 844 ratings — published 2023
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Heaven in Disorder Heaven in Disorder (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.77 — 760 ratings — published 2022
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Pandemic! 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost Pandemic! 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.60 — 564 ratings — published 2020
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Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.90 — 830 ratings — published 2000
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Reading Marx Reading Marx (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.62 — 63 ratings — published
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Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,195 ratings — published 2015
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Introducing Slavoj Zizek: A Graphic Guide Introducing Slavoj Zizek: A Graphic Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zizek)
avg rating 3.83 — 963 ratings — published 2011
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“Pure sex is masturbation with a real partner who functions as a prop for our indulging in fantasies, while it is only through love that we can reach the … Other.”
Zizek

Slavoj Žižek
“[P]rogress is the inner development of a system, the gradual actualization of its potentials, so it all depends on which system serves as a point of reference.”
Slavoj Žižek, Against Progress

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