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He grew up in the comparative cultural freedom of the former Yugoslavia’s self managing socialism.Here – significantly for his work – Zizek was exposed to the films[[Slavoj Žižek]] is a Slovenian [[sociologist]], popular culture [[philosopher]] and theory of the noncommunist West[[cultural]] critic.

He received Since 1979, Zizek has been a Bachelor researcher at the [[University]] of Arts Ljubljana (philosophy Institute for [[Sociology]] and sociologyPhilosophy, 1971)from 1992 Institute for [[Social]] [[Sciences]], Master of Arts (philosophy, 1975Faculty for Social Sciences), and Doctor of Arts (philosophy, 1981) at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana.

He studied in Paris under Jacques AlainMillerIn the late 1980s, Lacan’s son-in-law, from 1981 Zizek returned to 1985. He received a Doctor of Arts (psychoanalysisSlovenia where he wrote newspaper columns for the Slovenian weekly “Mladina”, 1985) at and cofounded the Universite Paris-VIIISlovenian [[Liberal]] [[Democratic Party]].

Since 1979, Zizek has been Žižek is currently a professor in [[European Graduate School]] and a post-doctoral researcher at the [[Institute of Sociology]] in the University of Ljubljana (Institute for Sociology and Philosophy, from 1992 Institute for Social Sciences, Faculty for Social Sciences)Ljubljiana.

In the late 1980s, Zizek returned to Slovenia where he wrote newspaper columns for the Slovenian weekly “Mladina”, and cofounded the Slovenian Liberal Democratic Party.In 1990, he ran for a seat on the fourmember collective Slovenian presidency, narrowly missing office. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" for president of the Republic of Slovenia.Politically [[active ]] in the alternative movement in Slovenia during the 80s; candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Slovenia in the first multi-party elections in 1990. Ambassador of [[Science ]] of the Republic of Slovenia (1991).

Zizek was a visiting professor at the Department of Psychoanalysis, Universite [[Paris]]-VIII in 1982-3 and 1985-6, at the Centre for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Art, SUNY Buffalo, 1991-2, at the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1992, at the Tulane University, New Orleans, 1993, at the Cardozo Law [[School]], New York, 1994, at the Columbia University, New York, 1995, at the Princeton University (1996), at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1997, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998, and at the Georgetown University, Washington, 1999.

In the last 20 years Zizek has participated in over 350 international [[philosophical]], [[psychoanalytical ]] and cultural-criticism symposiums in USA, [[France]], United Kingdom, Ireland, [[Germany]], Belgium, Netherland, Island, [[Austria]], Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Brasil, [[Mexico]], [[Israel]], Romania, Hungary and Japan.

He is the founder and president of the [[Society ]] for [[Theoretical ]] Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. The Slovenian philosopher [[Slavoj zizek|Slavoj ZiZek]] has gained something of a cult following for his many writings.[[Slavoj Zizek]], a philosopher and a ([[Lacanian]]) [[psychoanalyst]], is international director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Birkbeck. The [[Parallax]] View, his latest attempt to rehabilitate [[dialectical]] [[materialism]], comes out in April 2006.

Zizek’s first published book in [[English ]] The [[Sublime ]] [[Object ]] of [[Ideology ]] appeared in 1989.Editor of the following book series: Analecta (in Slovene), Wo es war (in [[German]]), Wo es war (with Verso) and SIC (with Duke UP) in English.  Since then, Zizek has published over a dozen books, edited several collections, published numerous philosophical and [[political]] articles, and maintained a tireless [[speaking]] schedule.

Since ==def==Žižek was [[born]] in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] (thenpart of [[Yugoslavia]]).He received a D.A. in [[philosophy]] from the [[University of Ljubljana]], Zizek then studied [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[University of Paris]]. In 1990 he was a presidential candidate for the "[[Liberal Democracy of Slovenia]]" (''[[Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije]]'').Žižek is currently a professor in [[European Graduate School]] and a post-doctoral researcher at the [[Institute of Sociology]] in the University of Ljubljiana.Žižek has published over a dozen booksoccupied positions at many universities, particularly in the [[United States]], including Columbia, edited several collectionsUniversity of Princeton, published numerous philosophical New for School Social Research and political articlesNew York, University of Michigan among [[others]].Žižek is well-known for his employing [[Lacanian psychoanalysis|Lacanian psychoanalytic theory]] in his readings of [[popular culture]] (from the [[films]] of [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and maintained [[David Lynch]], to the [[literature]] of [[Kafka]] or [[Shakespeare]]). In addition, he writes on a tireless speaking schedulegreat range of topics, such as [[fundamentalism]], [[tolerance]], [[multiculturalism]], [[political correctness]], [[globalization]], [[human rights]], [[political subjectivity]], [[cyberspace]], [[post-modernism]], [[Leninism]], etc.