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The new face of protest

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – Something important is happening in China, and it should worry the country’s political leadership. Younger Chinese are...

24.02.2025 10

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

The new face of global protests

The new face of global protests
19.02.2025 40

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

The New Face of Protest

The New Face of Protest
13.02.2025 8

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Putin's distortion of Russian spirituality and authority

02.02.2025 30

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Perverted fundamentalists

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – The standard interpretation of the Russia-Ukraine war is that it is a “clash of cultures” pitting Western liberalism...

15.01.2025 10

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Fundamentalist Perverts

09.01.2025 40

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

What did we miss in Syria?

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – The downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria surprised even the opposition, led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s Hayat...

18.12.2024 7

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

What Did We Miss in Syria?

LJUBLJANA – The downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria surprised even the opposition, led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,...

13.12.2024 5

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Should nuclear weapons for Ukraine be on the table?

Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New York,...

03.12.2024 4

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons?

LJUBLJANA – Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New...

01.12.2024 5

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

LJUBLJANA – Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New...

22.11.2024 10

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Saving democracy from Itself

11.11.2024 3

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Saving democracy from itself

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – In Agatha Christie’s novel “The Hollow,” the eccentric Lucy Angkatell holds a dinner party for the Christows (John, a...

31.10.2024 2

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Saving democracy from itself

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – In Agatha Christie’s novel “The Hollow,” the eccentric Lucy Angkatell holds a dinner party for the Christows (John, a...

30.10.2024 3

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

The dark reality of global capitalism and perpetual war

27.10.2024 2

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Saving Democracy from Itself

LJUBLJANA – In Agatha Christie’s novel The Hollow , the eccentric Lucy Angkatell holds a dinner party for the Christows (John, a famous doctor, and...

25.10.2024 10

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Like in magic, Moscow is playing a game of distraction

I sometimes listen to podcasts about the secrets behind the best-known magic tricks (the three-shell game, mentalism, levitation), and after...

16.10.2024 3

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Nothing new on the Middle Eastern front

The title of this commentary, a twist on the title of Erich Maria Remarque’s famous 1929 novel about everyday life in the trenches of World War I,...

08.10.2024 4

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front

LJUBLJANA – A twist on the title of Erich Maria Remarque’s famous 1929 novel about everyday life in the trenches of World War I seems fitting for...

07.10.2024 4

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Global capitalism and perpetual war

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – When one looks for a figure who best represents the worst tendencies of our brutal age, the first names that come to mind...

07.10.2024 20

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Putin’s Ukraine Magic

LJUBLJANA – I sometimes listen to podcasts about the secrets behind the best-known magic tricks (the three-shell game, mentalism, levitation), and...

02.10.2024 4

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Global Capitalism and Perpetual War

LJUBLJANA – When one looks for a figure who best represents the worst tendencies of our brutal age, the first names that come to mind include Yahya...

26.09.2024 8

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

The emancipatory meaning of the Paris Olympics

With the finale of the 2024 Paris Olympics upon us, two big cultural events of note this summer — the opening ceremony of the grand sporting event...

11.08.2024 3

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony

LJUBLJANA – Two big cultural events this summer, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, both...

06.08.2024 10

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

We Are All Biomass

LJUBLJANA – In a recent commentary, philosopher Michael Marder looks beyond the immediate horror of what is taking place in Gaza to consider the...

23.07.2024 2

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Assange may be free, but are we?

I fought for years with and for Julian Assange. But upon hearing that he had regained his freedom, my first thought was that he was returning to a...

14.07.2024 1

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek