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{{BBSZ}}<BR>{| style="width:100%; border:1px solid #aaa;text-align:left; line-height:2.0em; padding-left:10px;"|width="100%"| [[Zizek, Slavoj]]. '''''[[In Defense of Lost Causes]]'''''. New York: Verso. August 19, 2007, Hardcover, 208 pages, Language English, ISBN: 1844671089. <small><small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844671089/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844671089/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844671089/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844671089/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844671089/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small></small>|}

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