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<p><i>Acknowledgments vii</i></p> <p><i>Notes on Contributors ix</i></p> <p><b>Part One</b><br /> <b><br /> Introduction: ?i?ek Now or Never: Ideological Critique and the Nothingness of Being</b><br /> Jamil Khader 3</p> <p>1 ?i?ek’s Sublime Objects Now<br /> Ian Parker 16</p> <p><b>Part Two</b></p> <p>2 Hegel as Marxist: ?i?ek’s Revision of German Idealism<br /> Todd McGowan 31</p> <p>3 ?i?ek and Christianity: Or the Critique of Religion after Marx and Freud<br /> Bruno Bosteels 54</p> <p>4 Ceremonial Contingencies and the Ambiguous Rites of Freedom<br /> Joshua Ramey 84</p> <p><b>Part Three</b></p> <p>5 A Critique of Natural Economy: Quantum Physics with ?i?ek<br /> Adrian Johnston 103</p> <p>6 Slavoj ?i?ek’s Eco-Chic<br /> Verena Andermatt Conley 121</p> <p>7 ?i?ek and Fanon: On Violence and Related Matters<br /> Erik Vogt 140</p> <p>8 ?i?ek’s Infi delity: Lenin, the National Question, and the Postcolonial Legacy of Revolutionary Internationalism<br /> Jamil Khader 159</p> <p><b>Part Four</b></p> <p>9 King, Rabble, Sex, and War in Hegel<br /> Slavoj ?i?ek 177</p> <p><i>Index 207</i></p>

<p>"When reading some of ?i?ek’s more theoretical texts, we often feel that we understand his argument – well illustrated as it is through jokes and references to popular culture – but that there remains something that we feel unable to grasp (perhaps something ‘in ?i?ek more than himself’). This is the gap filled by ?i?ek Now : a near-comprehensive road map to ?i?ek’s more challenging and fascinating ideas"<br /><i><b>Information, Communication & Society</b></i><br /><br />"Though the ?i?ek-critique machine has by now begun to compete, in vigor and volume of output, with the ?i?ek-machine itself, this collection of essays, devoted to one of the foremost philosophers of our era, still stands out as exemplary. The various essays demonstrate deep appreciation and knowledge of the ever-expanding ?i?ek oeuvre and articulate strong, original interpretations of its development and repetitions."<br /><b>Joan Copjec,University of Buffalo<br /><br /></b>"The wide-ranging scope and impressive eclecticism of this collection captures the dazzling spirit and dizzying letter of its topic: <i>?i?ek Now</i> carries the innovative character and challenging symptoms of Slavoj ?i?ek’s theoretical achievement and political provocation.  <i>?i?ek Now</i> offers a valuable commentary on what is best in Slavoj's thought."<br /><b>Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck University of London<br /><br /></b>"<i>?i?ek Now</i> will undoubtedly become a key text, not only for students who aim to politicize their socio-political and cultural engagement but also for any individuals wishing to orientate themselves in relation to the diverse but interdependent strands of ?i?ek's output."<br /><b>Tim Brennan, University of Sunderland</b></p>

<p>Dr. Jamil Khader, Professor of English and Dean of Research at Bethlehem University, Palestine.</p><p>Molly Anne Rothenberg is professor of english at Tulane University.</p>

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