Slavoj Žižek
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| + | "Many [[dystopia]]s already imagine a similar future: we stay at home, work on our computers, communicate through [[videoconferences]], exercise on a machine in the corner of our home office, occasionally masturbate in front of a screen displaying hardcore sex, and [[Food delivery |get food by delivery]], never seeing other human beings in person." --''[[Pandemic!]]'' (2020) by Slavoj Žižek | ||
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| + | "[is there] a line from [[Kantian]] formalist ethics to the cold-blooded [[Auschwitz]] killing machine?" --[[Slavoj Žižek|Slavoj Zizek]] in ''[[Kant and Sade: The Ideal Couple]]'' | ||
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| + | "But maybe another – and much more beneficial – ideological virus will spread and hopefully infect us: the virus of thinking about an [[alternate society]], a society beyond [[nation-state]], a society that actualizes itself in the forms of [[global]] [[solidarity]] and [[cooperation]]."--"[[Coronavirus is ‘Kill Bill’-esque blow to capitalism and could lead to reinvention of communism]]" (2020) Slavoj Žižek | ||
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| "[[Love]], for me, is an extremely violent act. Love is not ‘I love you all’ Love means I pick out something…. Even if this something is just a small detail, a fragile individual person, I say ‘I love you more than anything else.’ In this quite formal sense, [[love is evil]]."--[[Slavoj Žižek]] in ''[[Zizek!]]'' (2005). | "[[Love]], for me, is an extremely violent act. Love is not ‘I love you all’ Love means I pick out something…. Even if this something is just a small detail, a fragile individual person, I say ‘I love you more than anything else.’ In this quite formal sense, [[love is evil]]."--[[Slavoj Žižek]] in ''[[Zizek!]]'' (2005). | ||
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| "We are definitely in the midst of the [[clash of civilizations]] (the Christian West versus radicalized Islam), but in fact there are clashes within each civilization." --''[[Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours: Against the Double Blackmail]]'' (2016) by [[Slavoj Žižek]] | "We are definitely in the midst of the [[clash of civilizations]] (the Christian West versus radicalized Islam), but in fact there are clashes within each civilization." --''[[Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours: Against the Double Blackmail]]'' (2016) by [[Slavoj Žižek]] | ||
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| - | "In a very negative review of Žižek's magnum opus ''[[Less than Nothing]]'', the British political philosopher [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]] attacked Žižek for his celebrations of violence, his failure to ground his theories in historical facts, and his ‘formless radicalism’ which, according to Gray, professes to be communist yet lacks the conviction that communism could ever be successfully realized. Gray concluded that Žižek's work, though entertaining, is intellectually worthless: 'Achieving a deceptive substance by endlessly reiterating an essentially empty vision, Žižek's work amounts in the end to less than nothing.'"--Sholem Stein | + | "In a very negative review of Žižek's magnum opus ''[[Less than Nothing]]'', the British political philosopher [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]] attacked Žižek for his celebrations of violence, his failure to ground his theories in historical facts, and his ‘formless radicalism’ which, according to Gray, professes to be communist yet lacks the conviction that [[communism]] could ever be successfully realized. Gray concluded that Žižek's work, though entertaining, is intellectually worthless: 'Achieving a deceptive substance by endlessly reiterating an essentially empty vision, Žižek's work amounts in the end to less than nothing.'"--Sholem Stein |
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| '''Slavoj Žižek''' (°1949) is a [[Slovenian philosopher]], [[sociologist]], [[Philosophical film|film theorist]] and [[cultural critic]]. | '''Slavoj Žižek''' (°1949) is a [[Slovenian philosopher]], [[sociologist]], [[Philosophical film|film theorist]] and [[cultural critic]]. | ||
| - | Žižek is well known for his use of the works of [[French theory|20th century French theorist]] [[Jacques Lacan]] in a new reading of [[popular culture]]. | + | Žižek works on [[German Idealism|German idealism]], [[Lacanian psychoanalysis]], [[ideology]] critique, [[media criticism]], [[continental philosophy]] (particularly [[Hegelianism]], [[psychoanalysis]] and [[Marxism]]) and [[political theory]]. |
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| - | He primarily works on [[continental philosophy]] (particularly [[Hegelianism]], [[psychoanalysis]] and [[Marxism]]) and [[political theory]], as well as [[film criticism]] and [[theology]]. | + | |
| His breakthrough work was 1989's ''[[The Sublime Object of Ideology]]'', his first book in English. | His breakthrough work was 1989's ''[[The Sublime Object of Ideology]]'', his first book in English. | ||
| - | Žižek is the most famous associate of the [[Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis]], a group of Slovenian academics working on [[German Idealism|German idealism]], [[Lacanian psychoanalysis]], [[ideology]] critique, and [[media criticism]]. His breakthrough work was 1989's ''[[The Sublime Object of Ideology]]'', his first book in English, which was decisive in the introduction of the Ljubljana School's thought to English-speaking audiences. He has written over 50 books in multiple languages. | + | He has written over 50 books in multiple languages. |
| The [[idiosyncratic]] style of his public appearances, frequent magazine [[op-ed]]s, and academic works, characterised by the use of [[blue humour|obscene jokes]] and [[pop culture|pop cultural]] examples, as well as [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] provocations, have gained him fame, controversy and criticism both in and outside academia. | The [[idiosyncratic]] style of his public appearances, frequent magazine [[op-ed]]s, and academic works, characterised by the use of [[blue humour|obscene jokes]] and [[pop culture|pop cultural]] examples, as well as [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] provocations, have gained him fame, controversy and criticism both in and outside academia. | ||
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| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Zizek and the German idealists]] | *[[Zizek and the German idealists]] | ||
| - | *[[psychoanalytical film theory]] | + | *[[Psychoanalytical film theory]] |
| *[[David Bordwell vs Slavoj Žižek]] | *[[David Bordwell vs Slavoj Žižek]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Pervert's Guide to Cinema]]'' | + | *''[[The Pervert's Guide to Cinema]]'' (2006) |
| - | *''[[The Pervert's Guide to Ideology]]'' | + | *''[[The Pervert's Guide to Ideology]]'' (2012) |
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"Many dystopias already imagine a similar future: we stay at home, work on our computers, communicate through videoconferences, exercise on a machine in the corner of our home office, occasionally masturbate in front of a screen displaying hardcore sex, and get food by delivery, never seeing other human beings in person." --Pandemic! (2020) by Slavoj Žižek "[is there] a line from Kantian formalist ethics to the cold-blooded Auschwitz killing machine?" --Slavoj Zizek in Kant and Sade: The Ideal Couple "But maybe another – and much more beneficial – ideological virus will spread and hopefully infect us: the virus of thinking about an alternate society, a society beyond nation-state, a society that actualizes itself in the forms of global solidarity and cooperation."--"Coronavirus is ‘Kill Bill’-esque blow to capitalism and could lead to reinvention of communism" (2020) Slavoj Žižek "Love, for me, is an extremely violent act. Love is not ‘I love you all’ Love means I pick out something…. Even if this something is just a small detail, a fragile individual person, I say ‘I love you more than anything else.’ In this quite formal sense, love is evil."--Slavoj Žižek in Zizek! (2005). "Here, the situation is catastrophic but not serious"--Žižek's Jokes (2014) by Žižek "My work relies on the full acceptance of the notion of modern subjectivity elaborated by the great German Idealist from Kant to Hegel: for me, this tradition forms the unsurpassable horizon of our philosophical experience, and the core of my entire work is the endeavor to use Lacan as a privileged intellectual tool to reactualize German Idealism." --The Zizek Reader (1999) "We are definitely in the midst of the clash of civilizations (the Christian West versus radicalized Islam), but in fact there are clashes within each civilization." --Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours: Against the Double Blackmail (2016) by Slavoj Žižek "In a very negative review of Žižek's magnum opus Less than Nothing, the British political philosopher John Gray attacked Žižek for his celebrations of violence, his failure to ground his theories in historical facts, and his ‘formless radicalism’ which, according to Gray, professes to be communist yet lacks the conviction that communism could ever be successfully realized. Gray concluded that Žižek's work, though entertaining, is intellectually worthless: 'Achieving a deceptive substance by endlessly reiterating an essentially empty vision, Žižek's work amounts in the end to less than nothing.'"--Sholem Stein |
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Slavoj Žižek (°1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist, film theorist and cultural critic.
Žižek works on German idealism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, ideology critique, media criticism, continental philosophy (particularly Hegelianism, psychoanalysis and Marxism) and political theory.
His breakthrough work was 1989's The Sublime Object of Ideology, his first book in English.
He has written over 50 books in multiple languages.
The idiosyncratic style of his public appearances, frequent magazine op-eds, and academic works, characterised by the use of obscene jokes and pop cultural examples, as well as politically incorrect provocations, have gained him fame, controversy and criticism both in and outside academia.
In 2012, Foreign Policy listed Žižek on its list of Top 100 Global Thinkers.
See also
- Zizek and the German idealists
- Psychoanalytical film theory
- David Bordwell vs Slavoj Žižek
- The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
- The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)
