1) Slavoj Zizek is a prominent cultural theorist and philosopher who draws heavily from Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian dialectics. 2) Zizek is interested in Christianity and sees its "subversive materialist core" as being compatible with dialectical materialism and accessible only through a materialist approach. 3) Zizek analyzes the crucifixion through the lenses of Lacan, Hegel, and Marx, suggesting the cry of dereliction reveals that the big Other does not exist and radical responsibility.

1. Zizek!

9. Symbolic Order and Ideology

11. Commodification of Art

12. Culturalization of the Market

13. Death of Avant-Garde

14. Chocolate Laxatives

17. Christianity’s Subversive Core

21. Zizek and The Cross

23. View #1: Before Christ GAP

24. View #2: Mistaken View of Cross

25. View #3: Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Hegelian Dialectic)

26. View #4: God Abdicates Responsibility (Lacanian Twist)

27. The big Other Does Not Exist

28. View #5: Radical Responsability/Holy Spirit (Marxist Vision)

29. Reflection

30. Response: short circuit 1

31. Response: short circuit 2