# Welcome to the Desert of the Real

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- Book: [Welcome to the Desert of the Real](https://www.bookquiver.com/slavoj-zizek/welcome-to-the-desert-of-the-real) ([Welcome to the Desert of the Real.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/slavoj-zizek/welcome-to-the-desert-of-the-real.md))
- Authors: [Slavoj Žižek](https://www.bookquiver.com/slavoj-zizek)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8168-019-3
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2013-01-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Liberals and conservatives proclaim the end of the American holiday from history. Now the easy games are over; one should take sides. Žižek argues this is precisely the temptation to be resisted....