The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity (Short Circuits)

"Zizek's curious affinity with Christianity, which has become something of a dogma among his more zealous followers, is given a 'sort of' sustained treatment in this work. But it is less a theoretical investigation and more a series of witty, counter intuitive deductions about Christianity. All of which, as usual for Zizek, makes it makes a fun and breezy read.

He takes down Buddhism, Hinduism and new ageism, and uses Christianity to illustrate their deficiencies. Although this is all sounds pretty radical to the politically correct reader in the 21st century, scratch beneath the surface and you find a lot of the arguments are just Hegel's rehashed from the 'Philosophy of History.'

As always with Zizek it is hard to be too critical about such an impassioned and well written work. But the lack of sustainment, ontological investigation, and even (more unusually) originality, makes this a lesser work in his canon."
~ Written on 2008-09-09