Slavoj Žižek
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1949-03-21 · Ljubljana, Slovenia
A Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis. Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a professor at the European Graduate School. He has been a visiting professor at, among others, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, London Consortium, Princeton, New York University, The New School, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Irvine and the University of Michigan. He is currently the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. Žižek uses examples from popular culture to explain the theory of Jacques Lacan and uses Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist economic criticism to interpret and speak extensively on immediately current social phenomena.
movieUnexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
as himself · 2024 · 0.0
tvDeep Thought
as self · 2023 · 0.0
movieAlice, Through the Looking
as Self · 2021 · 0.0
movieAn Apology for Modernity
as Himself · 2021 · 0.0
tvGreat Minds
as Self · 2021 · 5.2
movieBliss
as Slavoj Žižek · 2021 · 5.5
movieAntigone, How Dare We!
as Himself · 2020 · 5.5
movieHappiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
as Self · 2019 · 10.0
movieJordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
as Self · 2019 · 2.8
movieSlavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
as Himself · 2019 · 0.0
movieLove Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
as Self · 2018 · 4.0
movieRisk
as Self · 2017 · 6.6
movieThe New Man
as Self · 2016 · 0.0
movieThe Swap
as Self (voice) · 2016 · 0.0
movieHouston, We Have a Problem!
as Self · 2016 · 7.6
movieHyperstition
as Self · 2015 · 0.0
movieThere Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
as Himself (archive footage) · 2013 · 0.0
movieBalkan Spirit
as Self - Philosopher · 2013 · 6.6
movieThe Pervert's Guide to Ideology
as Self - Host / Philosopher · 2012 · 7.3
movieCatastroika
as Self · 2012 · 6.8
movieMarx Reloaded
as Self · 2011 · 6.3
movieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
as Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes' · 2009 · 6.5
movieAlien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
as Self · 2009 · 5.0
movieThe Title Was Shot
as Self (archive footage) (voice) · 2009 · 0.0