";s:4:"text";s:1801:"In so doing, The Sublime Object of Ideology represents a powerful contribution to a psychoanalytical theory of ideology, as well as offering persuasive interpretations … The Essential Zizek: The Sublime Object of Ideology/ the Ticklish Subject/ the Fragile Absolute/ the Plague of Fantasies [Zizek, Slavoj] on Amazon.com. The Essential Zizek: The Sublime Object of Ideology/ the Ticklish Subject/ the Fragile Absolute/ the Plague of Fantasies The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slavoj Žižek’s first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. As I posted a review of this new version on Amazon, I am only reviewing the first edition for reference. As I posted a review of this new version on Amazon, I am only reviewing the first edition for reference. It includes a bibliography as well as an original preface by Ernesto Laclau that were dropped out of the new edition. It includes a bibliography as well as an original preface by Ernesto Laclau that were dropped out of the new edition. The Sublime Object of Ideology: Slavoj Žižek’s first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. The Sublime Object of Ideology, Zizek's first book in English, has been republished in The Essential Zizek collection at Verso. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.