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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalytic critic known for synthesizing Lacanian psychoanalysis with Hegelian dialectics and Marxist ideology critique. His major works, including The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) and Less Than Nothing (2012), interrogate contemporary culture, politics, and cinema, arguing that ideology operates most effectively through enjoyment and fantasy. A prolific and controversial public intellectual, Žižek has profoundly influenced critical theory by foregrounding the “real” of antagonism and the limitations of liberal democratic thought.

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Cultural Studies The Plague of Fantasies – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Plague of Fantasies is a work of cultural theory and psychoanalytic philosophy by the Slovenian thinker Slavoj…

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Contemporary Philosophy O espectro segue a roldar – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Žižek argues that the specter of communism persists not as a ghost of the past but as a…

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Critical Theory Il godimento come fattore politico – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Il godimento come fattore politico is a philosophical essay by Slovenian thinker Slavoj Žižek, first published in Italian…

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Critical Theory Lacrimae Rerum – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Lacrimae Rerum is a collection of essays by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, first published in 2005 in French…

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Contemporary Philosophy Cogito and the Unconscious – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The book takes as its point of departure the Cartesian cogito—Descartes's famous principle 'I think, therefore I am'—and…

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Critical Theory Mapping Ideology – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Mapping Ideology is an edited volume first published in 1994, forming part of the "Mappings" series.

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Contemporary Philosophy Global Manifestos for the Twenty-First Century – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Global Manifestos for the Twenty-First Century is a 2023 English-language book by Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj…

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Contemporary Philosophy Time to Awaken – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

Time to Awaken is a philosophical work by Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek, first published in…

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Current Events The Great Regression – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Great Regression is a collection of essays edited by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, published in 2017.

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Contemporary Philosophy An American Utopia – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

An American Utopia is a philosophical essay by Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek, first published in…

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Contemporary Philosophy The Idea of Communism 2 – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Idea of Communism 2 is a philosophical volume edited and contributed to by Slovenian philosopher and cultural…

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Contemporary Philosophy The Universal Exception – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Universal Exception is a collection of essays and writings by Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek.

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German Idealism The Most Sublime Hysteric – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Most Sublime Hysteric is a philosophical study by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, first published in 2011.

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19th Century The Indivisible Remainder – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The Indivisible Remainder is a philosophical study first published in 1996, written by the Slovenian philosopher and cultural…

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Christian Theology The Puppet and the Dwarf – Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek

The book engages with Christianity from the standpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis, offering what its publisher describes as a…

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