“The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged from Europe in some decades.”—Terry Eagleton
“Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism.”—Times of London
“iek unfolds in this text a theory of the workings of postmodern ideology that is often breathtaking in its scope and acuity.”—Postmodern Culture