欲望的客体无法直视，拉康的理论亦需“斜目而视”。在《斜目而视:透过通俗文化看拉康》中，齐泽克一方面透过通俗作品解析拉康的理论，揭示“无意识的逻辑”，勾勒“欲望的原理”；另一方面借助拉康理论解读通俗作品，这既包括希区柯克、安东尼奥尼、大卫•林奇、赛乔尔•莱昂、弗里茨•朗、雷利•史考特、乔治.米勒等著名导演的电影，又包括阿加莎•克里斯蒂、斯蒂芬，金、帕特里西娅•海史密斯等通俗作家的小说，以及柯南.道尔塑造的福尔摩斯、雷蒙•钱德勒塑造的菲利普•马娄等人物形象。作者对通俗作品的解读，彰显了“通俗”作品的“非通俗”之维，展示了“通俗”作品的现代乃至后现代蕴味。

Jacques Lacan was one of the most important psychoanalysts ever to have lived. Building upon the work of Sigmund Freud, he sought to refine Freudian insights with the use of linguistics, arguing that the structure of unconscious is like a language. Controversial throughout his lifetime both for adopting mathematical concepts in his psychoanalytic framework and for advocating therapy sessions of varying length, he is widely misunderstood and often unfairly dismissed as impenetrable. In this clear, wide-ranging primer, Lionel Bailly demonstrates how Lacan's ideas are still vitally relevant to contemporary issues of mental health treatment. Defending Lacan from his numerous detractors, past and present, Bailly guides the reader through Lacan's canon, from l'objet petit a to The Mirror Stage and beyond. Including coverage of developments in Lacanian psychoanalysis since his death, this is the perfect introduction to the great modern theorist.