Paul Bowman is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Roehampton University, London, UK. Richard Stamp is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Anthologies providing context on contemporary thought and contemporary thinkers often err on the side of eulogy and submission to the reputation of the specific philosopher-hero. This collection of essays on the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek at least has the advantage of being a precise opposite to this usual norm. In the same way that Žižek's own work pulls no punches in its assessments and critiques of the other thinkers, so too this collection vehemently challenges the bases of Žižek's myriad claims and counter-claims. Indeed, several of the essays adopt the strategy of personalizing the argument even towards ad hominem points (a strategy Žižek lambasts in his Afterward). " - Dr Jones Irwin, The Philosopher

• Acknowledgements; 1. Simon Critchley: Foreword: Why Zizek Must Be Defended; 2. Paul Bowman and Richard Stamp: Editors' Introduction: Is this not precisely... The Truth of Zizek. 3. Leigh Claire La Berge: The Writing Cure: Slavoj Zizek, Analysand of Modernity.; 4. Paul Bowman: The Tao of Zizek.; 5. Mark Devenney: The Real of Terror, The Terror of the Real: Slavoj Zizek's Passion for the Real.; 6. Jeremy Gilbert: All the Right Questions, All the Wrong Answers.; 7. Iain Hamilton Grant: The Insufficiency of Ground: On Zizek's Shellingianism.; 8. Oliver Marchart: Acting and the Act: On Slavoj Zizek's Political Ontology.; 9. John Mowitt: Trauma Envy.; 10. Ian Parker: The Truth of Overidentification.; 11. Richard Stamp: "Another exemplary case": Zizek's example.; 12. Jeremy Valentine: Denial, Anger and Resentment.; 13. Slavoj Zizek: Afterword.; Bibliography; Index.

Paul Bowman is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Roehampton University, London, UK. Richard Stamp is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Anthologies providing context on contemporary thought and contemporary thinkers often err on the side of eulogy and submission to the reputation of the specific philosopher-hero. This collection of essays on the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek at least has the advantage of being a precise opposite to this usual norm. In the same way that Žižek's own work pulls no punches in its assessments and critiques of the other thinkers, so too this collection vehemently challenges the bases of Žižek's myriad claims and counter-claims. Indeed, several of the essays adopt the strategy of personalizing the argument even towards ad hominem points (a strategy Žižek lambasts in his Afterward). " - Dr Jones Irwin, The Philosopher

• Acknowledgements; 1. Simon Critchley: Foreword: Why Zizek Must Be Defended; 2. Paul Bowman and Richard Stamp: Editors' Introduction: Is this not precisely... The Truth of Zizek. 3. Leigh Claire La Berge: The Writing Cure: Slavoj Zizek, Analysand of Modernity.; 4. Paul Bowman: The Tao of Zizek.; 5. Mark Devenney: The Real of Terror, The Terror of the Real: Slavoj Zizek's Passion for the Real.; 6. Jeremy Gilbert: All the Right Questions, All the Wrong Answers.; 7. Iain Hamilton Grant: The Insufficiency of Ground: On Zizek's Shellingianism.; 8. Oliver Marchart: Acting and the Act: On Slavoj Zizek's Political Ontology.; 9. John Mowitt: Trauma Envy.; 10. Ian Parker: The Truth of Overidentification.; 11. Richard Stamp: "Another exemplary case": Zizek's example.; 12. Jeremy Valentine: Denial, Anger and Resentment.; 13. Slavoj Zizek: Afterword.; Bibliography; Index.