Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, autho r of over 30 books, acclaimed as the ",Elvis of cultural theo r y",, a nd today',s most controversial public intellectual. His wo r k traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, histo r y a nd political theo r y, taking in film, popular culture, literature a nd jokes—all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contempo r ary ideology as well as a serious a nd sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Pervert',s Guide to the Cinema a nd Zizek! reveal a theo r ist at the peak of his powers a nd a skilled communicato r . Now Verso is making his classic titles, each of which sta nd as a co r e of his ever-expa nding life',s wo r k, available as new editions. Each is beautifully re-packaged, including new introductions fr om Zizek himself. Simply put, they are the essential texts fo r understa nding Zizek',s thought a nd thus co r nerstones of contempo r ary philosophy. The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology : A specter is haunting Western thought, the specter of the Cartesian subject. In this book Slavoj Zizek unearths a subversive co r e to this elusive specter, a nd finds within it the indispensable philosophical point of reference fo r any genuinely emancipato r y project.