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[[Slavoj Žižek]] (March 21, 1949) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[Jacques Lacan|Lacanian]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] and [[cultural critic]].  
 
[[Slavoj Žižek]] (March 21, 1949) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[Jacques Lacan|Lacanian]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] and [[cultural critic]].  
 
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 [[David Lynch]], to the [[literature]] of [[Kafka]] or [[Shakespeare]]).
 
In addition, he writes on a great range of topics, such as [[fundamentalism]], [[tolerance]], [[multiculturalism]], [[political correctness]], [[globalization]], [[human rights]], [[political subjectivity]], [[cyberspace]], [[post-modernism]], [[Leninism]], etc.
 
  
 
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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek (March 21, 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst and cultural critic.

1. Biography
2. Books
3. Articles
4. Links


Biography

Main Page: Biography of Slavoj Žižek

Žižek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia). He received a D.A. in philosophy from the University of Ljubljana, 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.


Bibliography

Books

Main Page: Bibliography

Articles

Main Page: Articles by Slavoj Žižek


Links

Collection of Zizek links