Difference between revisions of "Slavoj Žižek"
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
works = | | works = | | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | |||
| + | Slavoj Žižek (born March 21, 1949) is a Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), and received a D.A. in Philosophy in Ljubljana and studied Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" for president of the Republic of Slovenia. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Žižek is well known for his use of the works of Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. In addition to his work as an interpreter of Lacanian psychoanalysis, he writes on countless topics, such as fundamentalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Line 49: | Line 53: | ||
| − | __NOTOC__ | + | __NOTOC__ |
Revision as of 17:20, 4 June 2006
|
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
| |
|---|---|
| Name: | Slavoj Žižek |
| Birth: | 21 March 1949 in Ljubljana |
| Tradition: | Psychoanalysis |
| Interests: | Art, Cinema, Politics |
| Ideas: | |
| Works: | |
| Influences: | Hegel, Schelling, Lacan |
Slavoj Žižek (born March 21, 1949) is a Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), and received a D.A. in Philosophy in Ljubljana and studied Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" for president of the Republic of Slovenia.
Žižek is well known for his use of the works of Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. In addition to his work as an interpreter of Lacanian psychoanalysis, he writes on countless topics, such as fundamentalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Biography
Main Page: Biography
Bibliography
Main Page: Bibliography
Books by Slavoj Žižek
Main Page: Books by Slavoj Žižek
Articles by Slavoj Žižek
Main Page: Articles by Slavoj Žižek
Articles about Slavoj Žižek
Main Page: Articles about Slavoj Žižek
Resources
Main Page: Resources
