Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek (born 21st March, 1949) is a philosopher. He is strongly influenced by the ideas of Jacques Lacan, Hegel and Marx.

'philosopher of the Real'

Žižek's Dialectic
A key to understanding Žižek's work, and in particular his paradoxical style, is his Lacanian take on Hegel's dialectic.

According to Lacan, every attempt to represent a real thing as a word, symbol or concept leaves something out.