从泰坦尼克号的沉没到希区柯克的影片，从瓦格纳的歌剧到海因莱因的科幻，从拉康到福科，从黑格尔到马克思，从重大政治事件到犹太人的笑谈，从狗智主义到排犹主义，从排泄问题到神学思辨......齐泽克娓娓道来，令人尽享阅读的快感。在这部极具原创性和挑衅性的著作中，齐泽克概括了欲望的原理，把握了无意识的特质，解剖了意识形态的崇高客体，洞悉了"后现代"社会和主体的秘密。本书是齐泽克的开山之作、种子之作和奠基之作，是了解其全部思想的门户和索引。他后来的思想皆源于此，均为本书的扩展和注释。（From the sinking of the Titanic to the films of Hitchcock, from the operas of Wagner to the science fictions of Heinlein, from Lacan to Foucault, from Hegel to Marx, from great political events to jokes of Jews, from Cynicism to anti-Semitism, from excretion's problems to speculation of theology... Zizek said tirelessly, making people enjoy the pleasure of reading. In this extraordinarily original and provocative literature, Zizek outlined the principle of desire, held traits of unconscious, analyzed the sublime object of ideology, understood " post-modern" society and secrets of subjects thoroughly. This book is a groundbreaking, seed and cornerstone of Zizek, is the portal and index to comprehend all of his ideas. All his late thoughts are come from it, are extension and annotation of this book.）