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Žižek, S. (ed.) (1998) [[Cogito ]] and the [[Unconscious]], Durham: Duke[[University ]] Press.Containing [[three ]] essays by Žižek, this book is essentially a [[defence]]of the cogito and of [[transcendental ]] [[subjectivity ]] generally. At the heartof Žižek's essays is his central [[thesis ]] that the [[subject ]] is the 'monster'which remains when we subtract subjectivity, or the wealth of [[self]]-[[experience]], from what he [[terms ]] the '[[human ]] person'. [[Split ]] into threeparts, the book explains the [[role ]] of the cogito in [[psychoanalysis]], [[analyses]]its [[relationship ]] with the [[body]], and explores contemporary critiques ofthe [[Cartesian ]] subject. It is a rewarding read but difficult in places.