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Indeks : Index ; From "cyberspace reason" to the paradox of "Western Buddhism," On Belief traces the contours of the often unconscious beliefs that structure our daily experience. Leaving no stone unturned. Zizek Argues that all these experiences are based on beliefs much closer to the religious than we might think. On beliefs reveal that, far from leaving our bodies behind when we go on-line, we are merely looking for new ones, and that western versions of Asiatic spirituality for sale in shoping malls, lifestyle magazines and "self-help" groups are not a far cry from global capitalism but the perfect ideological supplement to it. On belief shows that underlying all these experiences, virtual or real, is a pagan and ultimately futile search for divine and human perfection. Drawing on examples from film - including Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair-psychoanalysis, cultural studies, philosophy and religion, zizek calls for a return to the neglected Christian idea that belief is actually about imperfection.