“Zizek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative.” — Guardian

Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the “Elvis of cultural theory,” and today’s most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular culture, literature and jokes — all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Pervert’s Guide to the Cinema and Zizek! reveal a theorist at the peak of his powers and a skilled communicator. Now Verso are making these four classic titles, that stand as the core of his ever-expanding life’s work, available as new editions. Each is beautifully repackaged, including new introductions from Zizek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts for understanding Zizek’s thought and thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy.

“Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.” — New Yorker

“Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism.” — The Times

“The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in many decades.” — Terry Eagleton

“Zizek is one of the few living writers to combine theoretical rigor with compulsive readability.” — Publishers Weekly

SLAVOJ ZIZEK is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Available individually and as a set at a discounted price:
The Sublime Object of Ideology	The Ticklish Subject	The Plague of Fantasies	The Fragile Absolute