If he was a candidate for the presidency of his country, Slovenia, the philosopher Slavoj Žižek became a media cult figure and his image circulates in films, magazines and television programs around the world, accompanied by qualifications such as “ the Elvis of cultural theory ”or“ the most dangerous philosopher of our time ”. His lectures are seen as shows for crowds, who line up for hours to listen to their presentations.

Amid the dust raised by so much žižekmanía, this book seeks to investigate the hard core of Slovenian philosophy, showing what its criticisms of the contemporary postmodern left consist of. But, rather than serving as a simple introduction to his thinking, the book engages in a critical conversation with Žižek, based on five philosophical problems: the ontological dimension of antagonism, the negative status of freedom, the relationship between politics and universality, the "incomplete" nature of the subject and the centrality of democratic struggles. We are faced with a rigorous and entertaining study, which observes, after the controversial figure, the great thinker who has surprised the present.