Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, UK; Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, USA; Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS, Switzerland; and Senior Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

One of the most industrious social and cultural theorists of the past couple of decades … [his book] will interest anyone who reflects on the state of the world, and especially on how contemporary reality is changing and can be changed. For all sociologists, reading this provides essential general theoretical knowledge about society.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Move your Buridan's Ass!Part I: Freedom As SuchChapter 1: Freedom and its Discontentsi) Freedom versus Libertyii) Regulating Violationsiii) Freedom, Knowledge, Necessityiv) Freedom to say NOChapter 2: Is There Such a Thing as Freedom of the Will?i) Determinism and its Ragariesii) Rewriting the Pastiii) Beyond the Transcendental iv) Pascalean WagerChapter 3: Indivisible Remainder and the Death of Deathi) The Standpoint of the Absoluteii) The Death of Godiii) Suicide as a Political Activ)The Failed Negation of NegationAppendices I1 Potestas versus Superdeterminism2 Sublation as Dislocation3 Inventing Anna, Inventing Madeleine4 The Political Implications of Non-Representational ArtPart II: Human FreedomChapter 4: Marx Invented not Only Symptom but Also Drivei) Instead of...ii) Progress and Apathyiii) Dialectical Materialismiv) Yes, but...v) How Marx Invented DriveChapter 5: The Path to Anarcho-Feudalismi) The Blue Pill Called Metaverseii) From Cultural Capitalism to Crypto-Currenciesiii) Savage Verticality Versus Uncontrollable HorizontalityChapter 6: The State and Counter-Revolutioni) When the Social Link Disintegratesii) The Limit of the Spontaneous Orderiii) The State is Here to Stayiv) Do not give up on your Communist Desire!Appendices II5 “Generalized Foreclosure”? No, Thanks!6 Shamelessly Ashamed7 A Muddle Instead of a Movie8 How to Love a Homeland in our Global EraFinale: The Four Riders of the Apocalypsei) De-Nazifying… Ukraine, Kosovo, Europe ii) The End of Nature iii) DON’T Be True to Yourself! iv) Whose Servant Is a Master?

Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, UK; Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, USA; Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS, Switzerland; and Senior Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

One of the most industrious social and cultural theorists of the past couple of decades … [his book] will interest anyone who reflects on the state of the world, and especially on how contemporary reality is changing and can be changed. For all sociologists, reading this provides essential general theoretical knowledge about society.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Move your Buridan's Ass!Part I: Freedom As SuchChapter 1: Freedom and its Discontentsi) Freedom versus Libertyii) Regulating Violationsiii) Freedom, Knowledge, Necessityiv) Freedom to say NOChapter 2: Is There Such a Thing as Freedom of the Will?i) Determinism and its Ragariesii) Rewriting the Pastiii) Beyond the Transcendental iv) Pascalean WagerChapter 3: Indivisible Remainder and the Death of Deathi) The Standpoint of the Absoluteii) The Death of Godiii) Suicide as a Political Activ)The Failed Negation of NegationAppendices I1 Potestas versus Superdeterminism2 Sublation as Dislocation3 Inventing Anna, Inventing Madeleine4 The Political Implications of Non-Representational ArtPart II: Human FreedomChapter 4: Marx Invented not Only Symptom but Also Drivei) Instead of...ii) Progress and Apathyiii) Dialectical Materialismiv) Yes, but...v) How Marx Invented DriveChapter 5: The Path to Anarcho-Feudalismi) The Blue Pill Called Metaverseii) From Cultural Capitalism to Crypto-Currenciesiii) Savage Verticality Versus Uncontrollable HorizontalityChapter 6: The State and Counter-Revolutioni) When the Social Link Disintegratesii) The Limit of the Spontaneous Orderiii) The State is Here to Stayiv) Do not give up on your Communist Desire!Appendices II5 “Generalized Foreclosure”? No, Thanks!6 Shamelessly Ashamed7 A Muddle Instead of a Movie8 How to Love a Homeland in our Global EraFinale: The Four Riders of the Apocalypsei) De-Nazifying… Ukraine, Kosovo, Europe ii) The End of Nature iii) DON’T Be True to Yourself! iv) Whose Servant Is a Master?