Slavoj Zizek provides a virtuoso reading of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan through the works of contemporary popular culture, from horror fiction and detective thrillers to popular romances and Hitchcock films. 這本書比較淺易，而且對一些精神分析的基本術語如欲望、驅力、幻象等等都有一些容易捕捉的界定，堪稱齊澤克入門。