Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek have been like Zizek himself extreme.
Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand while others have lauded his genius
especially as a public intellectual on the other. This makes it difficult to find any kind of
nuanced or interesting critical appraisal of his work. At its best Zizek's work provides a new
foundation of dialectical philosophy beyond the glitz of stardom or oversimplified sinister
disdain. Zizek Responds! combines philosophers and theorists engaging with Zizek's philosophy
in order to explore its unnoticed implications its conceptual problems or its unrealized
potential. With detailed and lively responses from Zizek himself this book offers an unique
insight into how this thinker might explain clarify and hone some of his most controversial
and misunderstood ideas. At once an introduction to Zizek's most important concepts and a rare
and novel insight into his thoughts on the criticisms of his work this is indispensible
reading for both Zizekians and their critics.
