Slavoj Žižek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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
Filmography
Black
Movie
The Pervert's Guide to Utopias
Movie
Die Macht des Rings
Movie · as Self - philosopher & cultural critic
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
Movie · as himself
Deep Thought
TV · as self · 1 ep
Alice, Through the Looking
Movie · as Self
Bliss
Movie · as Slavoj Žižek
An Apology for Modernity
Movie · as Himself
Great Minds
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Antigone, How Dare We!
Movie · as Himself
Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Movie · as Self
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Movie · as Self
Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
Movie · as Himself
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Movie · as Self
Risk
Movie · as Self
Houston, We Have a Problem!
Movie · as Self
The New Man
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The Swap
Movie · as Self (voice)
Hyperstition
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There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Balkan Spirit
Movie · as Self - Philosopher
Catastroika
Movie · as Self
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Movie · as Self - Host / Philosopher
Marx Reloaded
Movie · as Self
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Movie · as Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
Movie · as Self
The Title Was Shot
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Examined Life
Movie · as Self
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
Movie
Q&A
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
The Possibility of Hope
Movie · as Self
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Movie · as Self - Host / Philosopher
Žižek!
Movie · as Self
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
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Parola (su una data)
TV · 1 ep
The Old and the New
Movie · as Himself
Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
Movie · as Himself
Predictions of Fire
Movie · as Self
Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
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Bravo: Laibach in Film
Movie · as Himself
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia
Movie · as Himself
Newsnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep