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Žižek was born in Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia, into a middle-class family. [ 11 ] His father Jože Žižek was an economist and civil servant from the region of Prekmurje in eastern Slovenia. His mother Vesna, a native of the Gorizia Hills in the Slovenian Littoral, was an accountant in a state enterprise.
Slavoj Žižek (born March 21, 1949, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now in Slovenia]) is a Slovene philosopher and cultural theorist whose works address themes in psychoanalysis, politics, and popular culture. The broad compass of Žižek’s theorizing, his deliberately provocative style, and his tendency to leaven his works with humour made him a ...
Oct 31, 2023 · Learn about the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist who challenges ideologies, psychoanalysis, and pop culture. Discover his critique of ideology, his concept of the political unconscious, and his latest book on freedom.
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- Žižek believes that the left is losing. While many right-leaning commentators in the West see a resurgent left in the growth of the welfare state and ascendance of political correctness and “woke” politics, Žižek sees the opposite.
- Žižek believes that most people are boring idiots. Part of what has made Žižek famous is that he doesn’t mince words. Similar to actual revolutionaries such as Che Guevara, Žižek believes that identity politics and things like the LGBT movement are actually bourgeois affectations that distract – and actively undermine – class consciousness and class struggle.
- Žižek considers himself a “faithful Christian” even though he is an atheist. Žižek considers himself to be a Christian atheist. Although many would call this a contradiction, he believes in his own version of Christianity.
- Žižek believes we are all ideological beings. Marx considered ideology to be “false consciousness” and simply one of the ways in which people can be tied down and lose sight of their class interests.
A comprehensive overview of the Slovenian political philosopher and cultural critic, who challenges the assumptions of left-liberal academy and defends the possibility of political change. Learn about his Lacanian-Hegelian ontology, his critique of ideology, his concept of jouissance, and his ethical philosophy.
May 4, 2023 · Globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic, Slavoj Žižek provides a Hegelian insight into historical and current political crises.Do you see contempor...
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