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* [[Žižek]] received a Doctor of Arts in [[philosophy]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | * [[Žižek]] received a Doctor of Arts in [[philosophy]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | ||
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| − | * [[Žižek]] studied [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[Paris|University of Paris]] under [[Jacques-Alain Miller]], [[Jacques Lacan]]'s son-in-law (from 1981 to 1985). | + | * [[Žižek]] studied [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[Paris|University of Paris]] under [[Jacques-Alain Miller]], [[Jacques Lacan]]'s son-in-law (from 1981 to 1985). In this period, [[Žižek]] wrote a second dissertation, a [[Lacan]]ian [[interpretation|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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He received a D.A. in [[philosophy]] from the [[University of Ljubljana]], then studied [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[University of Paris]]. | He received a D.A. in [[philosophy]] from the [[University of Ljubljana]], then studied [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[University of Paris]]. | ||
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Revision as of 03:38, 1 November 2006
Biography
1949
- 21 March
- Slavoj Žižek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia).
1971
- Žižek received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
1975
- Žižek received a Master of Arts in philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
1981
- Žižek received a Doctor of Arts in philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
1981 - 1985
- Žižek studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris under Jacques-Alain Miller, Jacques Lacan's son-in-law (from 1981 to 1985). In this period, Žižek 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.
1985
- Žižek received a Doctor of Arts in psychoanalysis at the Universite Paris-VIII.
1990
- Žižek ran for [president of the Republic of Slovenia ] [a seat on the four member collective Slovenian presidency], narrowly missing office, as a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia".
- Žižek was a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Slovenia in the first multi-party elections in 1990.
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.
