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[[Slavoj Žižek]] (March 21, 1949) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[Jacques Lacan|Lacanian]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] and [[cultural critic]].  
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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]].
  
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]]).  
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==Biography==
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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<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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==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==
 
==Bibliography==
===Books===
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==Books==
''Main Page: [[Books by Slavoj Žižek|Bibliography]]''
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*[[The Parallax View]]. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2006.
 
*[[The Parallax View]]. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2006.
*[[The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology]]. Eric Santner, Keith Reinhard and SZ. Chicago: University of Chicago 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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===Articles===
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==Articles==
''Main Page: [[Articles by Slavoj Žižek]]''
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* [[Freud Lives!]]  ''London Review of Books''.  Volume. 28 Number 10. May 25, 2006. <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n10/zize01_.html>  
 
  
* [[The Liberal Communists of Porto Davos]]. ''In These Times''. April 11, 2006. <http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2574/>
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[http://zizekstudies.org/index.php/ijzs/index International Journal of Zizek Studies]
  
 
==Links==
 
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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