Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College, where he also serves as Associate Dean. Adam specializes in contemporary European philosophy and the history of Christian thought. Along with The Prince of This World, he is the author of Zizek and Theology, Politics of Redemption: The Social Logic of Salvation, Agamben’s Coming Philosophy: Finding a New Use for Theology (co-authored with Colby Dickinson), and a trilogy of short books on contemporary popular culture (Awkwardness, Why We Love Sociopaths, and Creepiness). He is also the translator of many works by Giorgio Agamben, as well as an avid blogger at An und für sich (itself.wordpress.com).