<b>Žižek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy.</b><p>“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein</p><p>The good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Žižekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Žižek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to certain philosophical, political, and sexual themes that preoccupy him. <i>Žižek''s Jokes</i> contains the set-ups and punch lines—as well as the offenses and insults—that Žižek is famous for, all in less than 200 pages.</p><p>So what''s the bad news? There is no bad news. There''s just the inimitable Slavoj Žižek, disguised as an impossibly erudite, politically incorrect uncle, beginning a sentence, “There is an old Jewish joke, loved by Derrida...“ For Žižek, jokes are amusing stories th
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