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What do we know about Hegel? What do we know about Marx? What do we know about democracy and totalitarianism? Communism and psychoanalysis? What do we know that isn''t a platitude that we''ve heard a thousand times - or a self-satisfied certainty? Through his brilliant reading of Hegel, Slavoj Zizek - one of the most provocative and widely-read thinkers of our time - upends our traditional understanding, dynamites every cliché and undermines every conviction in order to clear the ground for new ways of answering these questions. When Lacan described Hegel as the 'most sublime hysteric', he was

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the paperback edition -- Foreword to the English Edition -- INTRODUCTION. Globalization and Inequality -- CHAPTER 1. Global Inequality -- APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1. Detailed Evidence on the Recent Changes in Global Inequality -- CHAPTER 2. Are Countries Becoming More Unequal? -- CHAPTER 3. Globalization and the Forces behind the Rise in Inequality -- CHAPTER 4. Toward a Fair Globalization: Prospects and Principles -- CHAPTER 5. Which Policies for a Fairer Globalization? -- CONCLUSION. Globalizing Equality? -- Index