“What can we learn from Hegel about Donald Trump and his liberal critics? Quite a lot, surprisingly.”

The thesis of this collection of essays was that ideology has changed. We’re no longer deceived by ideology—we know politicians are bought by lobbyists, we know most of them are narcissistic clowns, we know companies exploit people and the planet… and yet, ideology still functions. Keeping power in the hands of the few. Hence, a thief in broad daylight. So what do we do?

This collection of essays was typically Žižek: it combined movie analysis, commentary about political events in tons of countries, personal anecdotes, and philosophy—mostly Hegel. I'm more of a Hegel scholar myself, so I'm always impressed at how Žižek interprets Hegel without falling into the usual analytical or marxist interpretation traps.

No contemporary philosopher gets at the heart of the problem the way Žižek does. If only he would also explain what the solution is, that’d be even better.