Quotes from bookThe Sublime Object of Ideology

The Sublime Object of Ideology is a 1989 book by the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek. The work is widely considered his masterpiece.

— Slavoj Žižek, book The Sublime Object of Ideology
that is, the lack in the Other.
148
The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989)

— Slavoj Žižek, book The Sublime Object of Ideology
Source: The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989), p.33, Idea's Appearing

— Slavoj Žižek, book The Sublime Object of Ideology
that's a MacGuffin, a pure nothing which is non the less efficient... what Lacan calls object petit a: a pure void which functions as the object cause of desire.
183
The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989)

— Slavoj Žižek, book The Sublime Object of Ideology
Source: The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989), pp.27, "Totalitarian Laughter"