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==Life and work==
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'''[[Slavoj Žižek]]''' (pronounced: slaˈvɔj ʒiˈʒɛk) ([[born]] 21 March 1949) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[sociologist]], [[postmodern]] [[philosopher]], and [[Lacan]]ian [[cultural critic]].
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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic.  
 
  
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Slavoj Žižek was born on March 21, 1949 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia).  
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==Biography==
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<blockquote>''[[Main Page]]: [[Biography of Slavoj Žižek]]''</blockquote>
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[[Slavoj Žižek|Žižek]]  was born in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]].  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]]". [[Žižek]] is currently a professor in [[European Graduate School]] and a post-doctoral senior researcher at the [[Institute of Sociology]], [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. [[Žižek]] is the founder and president of the [[Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis]], [[Ljubljana]].
  
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He grew up in the comparative cultural freedom of the former Yugoslavia’s self managing socialism.
 
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Here – significantly for his work – Zizek was exposed to the films, popular culture and theory of the noncommunist West.
 
  
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==Bibliography==
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==Books==
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<blockquote>''Main Page: [[Books by Slavoj Žižek|Bibliography]]''</blockquote>
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*[[The Parallax View]]. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2006.
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*[[The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology]]. [[Eric Santner]], Keith Reinhard and SZ. Chicago: [[University]] of Chicago Press. 2006.
  
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He received a Bachelor of Arts (philosophy and sociology, 1971), Master of Arts (philosophy, 1975), and Doctor of Arts (philosophy, 1981) at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana.
 
  
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He received a D.A. in Philosophy in Ljubljana in 1981 and studied Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris.
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==Articles==
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<blockquote>Main Page: [[Articles by Slavoj Žižek|Articles]]</blockquote>
  
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He studied in Paris under Jacques AlainMiller, Lacan’s son-in-law, from 1981 to 1985. He received a Doctor of Arts (psychoanalysis, 1985) at the Universite Paris-VIII.
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==Journals==
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[http://zizekstudies.org/index.php/ijzs/index International Journal of Zizek Studies]
  
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In this period, Zizek wrote a second dissertation, a Lacanian reading of Hegel, Marx and Kripke. In Paris besides being sponsored for his thesis by François Regnault and Jacques-Alain Miller, he went into analysis with the latter for several years.
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==Links==
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[http://www.adamkotsko.com/zizeklinks.htm Collection of Zizek links]
  
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Since 1979, Zizek has been a researcher at the University of Ljubljana (Institute for Sociology and Philosophy, from 1992 Institute for Social Sciences, Faculty for Social Sciences).
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[[Category:Jacques Lacan|Žižek, Slavoj]]
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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.
 
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In 1990, he ran for a seat on the fourmember collective Slovenian presidency, narrowly missing office.
 
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In 1990 he was a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" for president of the Republic of Slovenia.
 
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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).
 
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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.
 
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He is currently  a returning faculty member of the European Graduate School.
 
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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.
 
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He is the founder and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana.
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
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Zizek’s first published book in English The Sublime Object of Ideology appeared in 1989.
 
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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.
 
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Since then, Zizek has published over a dozen books, edited several collections, published numerous philosophical and political articles, and maintained a tireless speaking schedule.
 
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[[Category:Philosophers|Zizek, Slavoj]]
 
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[[Category:Psychoanalytic theory|Zizek, Slavoj]]
 
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[[Category:Living people|Zizek, Slavoj]]
 
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[[Category:Marxist theorists|Zizek, Slavoj]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 23 May 2019

Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek (pronounced: slaˈvɔj ʒiˈʒɛk) (born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian sociologist, postmodern philosopher, and Lacanian cultural critic.

Biography

Main Page: Biography of Slavoj Žižek

Žižek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. 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". Žižek is currently a professor in European Graduate School and a post-doctoral senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana. Žižek is the founder and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana.


Bibliography

Books

Main Page: Bibliography


Articles

Main Page: Articles

Journals

International Journal of Zizek Studies

Links

Collection of Zizek links


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