Slavoj ¿i¿ek is a Hegelian philosopher Lacanian psychoanalyst and political activist. He is
international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and Eminent Scholar at
Kyung-Hee University Seoul. His previous books include Living in the End Times First as
Tragedy Then as Farce Trouble in Paradise and most recently The Courage of Hopelessness.
