The Universal Exception (Paperback, Reprint)

Acknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Edition Editors' Introduction: Slavoj Zizek's 'Third Way'Section I: The Absent 'Second Way'1. Eastern European Liberalism and Its Discontents 2. Why We All Love to Hate Haider 3. Heiner Muller Out of Joint Section II: Really Existing Socialism 4. Why Are Laibach and the Neue Slowenische Kunst Not Fascists? 5. The Fetish of the Party 6. Georg Lukacs as the Philosopher of Leninism 7. Prolegomena to a Theory of Kolkhoz Musicals 8. Attempts to Escape the Logic of Capitalism Section III: Really Existing Capitalism 9. Multiculturalism, or, The Cultural Logic of Multinational Capitalism 10. A Leftist Plea for 'Eurocentrism'11. A Plea for 'Passive Aggressivity'12. The Three Faces of Bill Gates 13. The Prospects of Radical Politics Today Section IV: What Is (Not) To Be Done? 14. Against the Double Blackmail 15. Welcome to the Desert of the Real 16. The Iraq War - Where is the True Danger? 17. Some Politically Incorrect Reflections on Violence in France and Related Matters Author's Afterword: Where Do We Stand Today? Glossary Index