Difference between revisions of "Slavoj Zizek:Biography"
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==1949== | ==1949== | ||
* [[Slavoj Žižek]] was born in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] (then part of [[Yugoslavia]]) on 21 March, 1949. | * [[Slavoj Žižek]] was born in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] (then part of [[Yugoslavia]]) on 21 March, 1949. | ||
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==1971== | ==1971== | ||
* [[Žižek]] received a Bachelor of Arts in [[philosophy]] and [[sociology]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | * [[Žižek]] received a Bachelor of Arts in [[philosophy]] and [[sociology]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | ||
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==1975== | ==1975== | ||
* [[Žižek]] received a Master of Arts in [[philosophy]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | * [[Žižek]] received a Master of Arts in [[philosophy]] at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, [[Ljubljana|University of Ljubljana]]. | ||
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==1981== | ==1981== | ||
* [[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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==1981 - 1985== | ==1981 - 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. | * [[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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==1985== | ==1985== | ||
* [[Žižek]] received a Doctor of Arts in [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[Paris|Universite Paris-VIII]]. | * [[Žižek]] received a Doctor of Arts in [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[Paris|Universite Paris-VIII]]. | ||
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==1990== | ==1990== | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 1 November 2006
1949
- Slavoj Žižek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia) on 21 March, 1949.
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.
- Žižek was a presidential candidate for the "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" (Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije).
