Slavoj Žižek
Biography
A Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis. Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a professor at the European Graduate School. He has been a visiting professor at, among others, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, London Consortium, Princeton, New York University, The New School, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Irvine and the University of Michigan. He is currently the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. Žižek uses examples from popular culture to explain the theory of Jacques Lacan and uses Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist economic criticism to interpret and speak extensively on immediately current social phenomena.
Known For
Self
Examined Life
Self - Host / Philosopher
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Self
Žižek!
Self
Alice, Through the Looking
Self
Slavoj Žižek: The Reality of the Virtual
Self
Catastroika
Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Self
Prerokbe Ognja
Self - Host / Philosopher
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Himself
Staro in novo
Self
Love Express. Przypadek Waleriana Borowczyka
Himself
Bravo: Laibach v filmu
Self
Houston, We Have a Problem!
Himself (archive footage)
Nekoč je bila dežela pridnih
Self
The New Man
Self
Risk
Self
Alien, Marx & Co. - Slavoj Zizek im Porträt
Self
Liebe Dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!
Self - Philosopher
Balkan Spirit
Himself
Postsocializem+Retroavantgarda+Irwin
Self
Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Self
Marx Reloaded
Slavoj Žižek
Bliss
Himself
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia
Self
Hyperstition
Self (voice)
The Swap
Himself
Antigona - kako si upamo!
Self
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Himself
Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
Hauser a Žižek: teoretikové postmarxistické filosofie
himself
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
Himself
Opravičilo za modernost
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-03-21
Place of Birth
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Also Known As
Slavoj Zizek