Slavoj Žižek: References & Edit History

Sarah Kay, Žižek: A Critical Introduction (2003), provides a cultural-studies-oriented account that interprets Žižek’s work as an invitation to undergo psychotherapy; while Tony Myers, Slavoj Žižek (2003), downplays the role of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Ian Parker, Slavoj Žižek: A Critical Introduction (2004), is a negative assessment of Žižek’s use of Hegel, Lacan, and Marx that also places his work in the context of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Glyn Daly, Žižek: Ideology, the Real and the Subject (2003); and Rex Butler, Slavoj Žižek: Live Theory (2005), usefully emphasize cultural and political-theoretical elements of Žižek’s work while tending to recycle uncritically his own claims about it. Also noteworthy are Jodi Dean, Žižek’s Politics (2006), a study of the social implications of Žižek’s work; and Marcus Pound, Žižek: A (Very) Critical Introduction (2008), on Žižek’s attitude toward Christianity.