The concept of disparity haslong been a topic of obsession and argument by thinkers and theorists, but for Slavoj ?i?ek, one of the world's most famous living philosophers, what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated. Disparities explores contemporary 'negative' philosophies from CatherineMalabou's plasticity, Julia Kristeva's abjection and Robert Pippin'sself-consciousness to the God of negative theology, new realisms andpost-humanism and draws a radical line under them. Instead of establishing adialogue with these other ideas of disparity, Slavoj ?i?ek establishes adefinite departure. ?i?ek employs a new kind of negativity: one of division, ofdrawing a line that separates truth from falsity.