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Slavoj Zizek
(b.1949 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a senior researcher at the Institute for Social Studies in Ljubljana. His books include The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre Of Political Ontology (1999); The Fragile Absolute, Or Why the Christian Legacy is Worth Fighting For (2000); Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left (together with
Eurozine Articles
About War and the Missing Centre in Politics
Sabine Reul and Thomas Deichmann talked to philosopher Slavoj Zizek about the crisis of subjectivity and politics. [more]
The Morning After
Milosevic has reached the end of his road, but Serbia's journey to self-reconstruction has only just begun
The magic moment did come: Milosevics leadership is over. But what can Yugoslavia expect from its daily life once the exitement of victory has died down? Slavoj Zizek paints a picture of extreme capitalism going hand in hand with violent nationalism. [more]
Why do we all love to hate Haider?
In the ”post-political era” the choice between Left and Right has lost its meaning, says Slavoj Zizek. The return of the extreme Right is the price that the ”Third Way” social democracy is paying for its renunciation of any radical political project. [more]
Articles published in the Partner Section
Filosofisk punk rock opera
Slavoj Zizek i samtale med Kjartan Fløgstad og Espen Søbye
Dei verkelege heltane i dag er reserveoffiserane i den israelske hæren som nekta å lyda ordrane dei fekk, og helikopterpilotane som flaug over flyktningleiren i Jenin og fekk ordre om å fyra av rakettane sine, men som nekta av di dei berre såg sivile mål. Det er enkelt å vera helt med sitt eige land, men vanskeleg å vera helt mot sitt eige land. Eg ser berre desse som heltar i dag, dei som ikkje følgjer sitt eige land, men som handlar mot sine eigne land, seier Slavoj Zizek. [more]