Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher
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| April 2024 | Žižek criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. |
| April 2024 | Žižek criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. |
| 2023 | In a piece for Compact Magazine, Žižek took a strong stance against access to puberty blockers for trans youth and criticized the placement of trans adults in prisons matching their gender, linking his arguments to what he described as 'wokeness.' |
| 2023 | In a piece for Compact Magazine, Žižek took a strong stance against access to puberty blockers for trans youth and criticized the placement of trans adults in prisons matching their gender, linking his arguments to what he described as 'wokeness.' |
| 2022 | In his book 'Heaven in Disorder', Žižek reiterated his preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, criticizing Trump for corroding the ethical substance of life while portraying Biden as a more genteel representative of big capital. |
| 2022 | In an opinion article for The Guardian, Žižek argued for full support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion and called for a stronger NATO in response to Russian aggression. |
| 2022 | Žižek showed his support for the Slovenian political party Levica (The Left) during its 5th annual conference. |
| 2022 | In an opinion article for The Guardian, Žižek argued for full support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion and called for a stronger NATO in response to Russian aggression. |
| 2022 | In his book 'Heaven in Disorder', Žižek reiterated his preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, criticizing Trump for corroding the ethical substance of life while portraying Biden as a more genteel representative of big capital. |
| 2022 | Žižek showed his support for the Slovenian political party Levica (The Left) during its 5th annual conference. |
| 2021 | The film 'Bliss' was released. |
| 2021 | The film 'Bliss' was released. |
| 2020 | Žižek revealed that he was reconsidering his views on Trump, stating 'Trump is a little too much' and indicating a shift in preference towards Joe Biden. |
| 2020 | Žižek revealed that he was reconsidering his views on Trump, stating 'Trump is a little too much' and indicating a shift in preference towards Joe Biden. |
| 2019 | In the article 'Transgender dogma is naive and incompatible with Freud', Žižek explored the tension in LGBT+ ideology between social constructivism and biological determinism, proposing a 'Freudian solution' to this ideological deadlock. |
| 2019 | In a 2019 article, Žižek highlighted Marx's view that the market economy uniquely combines political and personal freedom with social unfreedom. |
| 2019 | Žižek co-signed a petition condemning the use of disproportionate force by the Hong Kong Police against students during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, advocating for academic freedom and the safety of students. |
| 2019 | Žižek began hosting a mini-series titled 'How to Watch the News with Slavoj Žižek' on the RT network. |
| 2019 | Žižek defended his support for Trump, arguing that the election 'created a true American left' by energizing figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
| 2019 | In 2019, Slavoj Žižek asserted that 'For me, in some sense, all of philosophy happened in [the] fifty years' between Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and the death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1831). |
| 2019 | In the article 'Transgender dogma is naive and incompatible with Freud', Žižek explored the tension in LGBT+ ideology between social constructivism and biological determinism, proposing a 'Freudian solution' to this ideological deadlock. |
| 2019 | Žižek defended his support for Trump, arguing that the election 'created a true American left' by energizing figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
| 2019 | In a 2019 article, Žižek highlighted Marx's view that the market economy uniquely combines political and personal freedom with social unfreedom. |
| 2019 | Žižek co-signed a petition condemning the use of disproportionate force by the Hong Kong Police against students during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, advocating for academic freedom and the safety of students. |
| 2019 | In 2019, Slavoj Žižek asserted that 'For me, in some sense, all of philosophy happened in [the] fifty years' between Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and the death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1831). |
| 2019 | Žižek began hosting a mini-series titled 'How to Watch the News with Slavoj Žižek' on the RT network. |
| April 2019 | Žižek debated psychology professor Jordan Peterson at the Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada, discussing happiness under capitalism versus Marxism. |
| April 2019 | Žižek debated psychology professor Jordan Peterson at the Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada, discussing happiness under capitalism versus Marxism. |
| 2018 | The short film 'Turn On' was released. |
| 2018 | The short film 'Turn On' was released. |
| March 9 2018 | During a lecture on political revolutions in London, Žižek discussed his experience with Bell's palsy and used it as a metaphor for political idleness. |
| March 9 2018 | During a lecture on political revolutions in London, Žižek discussed his experience with Bell's palsy and used it as a metaphor for political idleness. |
| 2017 | Žižek expressed that one could not choose between Macron and Le Pen in the context of the upcoming French presidential election, arguing that Macron's neoliberalism contributes to the rise of neofascism. |
| 2017 | Žižek expressed that one could not choose between Macron and Le Pen in the context of the upcoming French presidential election, arguing that Macron's neoliberalism contributes to the rise of neofascism. |
| 2016 | In an interview with Channel 4, Žižek stated that if he were American, he would vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, a stance that was criticized by various commentators. |
| 2016 | The film 'Risk' was released. |
| 2016 | Žižek became a member of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), which was founded in 2016. |
| 2016 | The film 'Houston, We Have a Problem!' was released. |
| 2016 | Žižek published 'The Sexual Is Political', where he argued that all subjects, including transgender subjects, are in conflict with the sexual positions assigned to them, advocating for a 'GENERAL GENDER' bathroom as a solution. |
| 2016 | The film 'Houston, We Have a Problem!' was released. |
| 2016 | The film 'Risk' was released. |
| 2016 | Žižek published 'The Sexual Is Political', where he argued that all subjects, including transgender subjects, are in conflict with the sexual positions assigned to them, advocating for a 'GENERAL GENDER' bathroom as a solution. |
| 2016 | In an interview with Channel 4, Žižek stated that if he were American, he would vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, a stance that was criticized by various commentators. |
| 2016 | Žižek became a member of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), which was founded in 2016. |
| 2014 | Žižek was accused of self-plagiarism by The New York Times after he published an op-ed that contained portions of his earlier writings. |
| 2014 | Žižek rejected the 'pseudo-Marxist' total derision of 'formal freedom', asserting its importance for critique, stating that awareness of limitations in freedom arises only when one is formally free. |
| 2014 | Žižek was accused of self-plagiarism by The New York Times after he published an op-ed that contained portions of his earlier writings. |
| 2014 | Žižek rejected the 'pseudo-Marxist' total derision of 'formal freedom', asserting its importance for critique, stating that awareness of limitations in freedom arises only when one is formally free. |
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