Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Ziand#382;ek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj Ziand#382;ek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, Ziand#382;ek brings new light to the Paris riots of 2005; he questions the permissiveness of violence in philanthropy; in daring terms, he reflects on the powerful image and determination of contemporary terrorists. Violence, Ziand#382;ek states, takes three forms--subjective (crime, terror), objective (racism, hate-speech, discrimination), and systemic (the catastrophic effects of economic and political systems)--and often one form of violence blunts our ability to see the others, raising complicated questions. Does the advent of capitalism and, indeed, civilization cause more violence than it prevents? Is there violence in the simple idea of "the neighbour"? And could the appropriate form of action against violence today simply be to contemplate, to think? Beginning with these and other equally contemplative questions, Ziand#382;ek discusses the inherent violence of globalization, capitalism, fundamentalism, and language, in a work that will confirm his standing as one of our most erudite and incendiary modern thinkers.

斯拉沃热·齐泽克（Slavoj Žižek），斯洛文尼亚哲学家、文化批评家，当代最活跃的公共知识分子之一，长期致力于沟通黑格尔、马克思与拉康的精神分析理论，在政治理论、电影理论及理论精神分析等多个领域都有令人瞩目的贡献。1989年他的第一本英文著作《敏感的主体》出版后，迅速获得国际认可，成为二十世纪九十年代以来最耀眼的学术明星。因其犀利而独特的风格，齐泽克被称为“哲学界的摇滚歌手”。

唐健，人文科学学士（中西文学批评）、人文科学硕士（文化人类学），香港《明报》前国际新闻翻译，长期从事自由业翻译，2010年创办齐泽克学会，致力于研读和推介拉康、齐泽克及黑格尔思想。

张嘉荣，香港中文大学哲学硕士，曾任社工、心理辅导员，黑格尔-拉康主义者、齐泽克学会成员。