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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?

13.12.2024 30

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 40

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 40

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 30

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Saving democracy from Itself

11.11.2024 20

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 30

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 40

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

The dark reality of global capitalism and perpetual war

27.10.2024 30

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,...

25.10.2024 50

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 reading...

16.10.2024 40

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 40

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 40

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 70

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 20

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 20

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 10

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 100

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 50

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 20

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Assange Is Free, But Are We?

LJUBLJANA – I fought for years with and for Julian Assange. But upon hearing that he has regained his freedom, my first thought was that he is...

27.06.2024 50

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

The specter of neo-fascism is haunting Europe

Slavo Zizek LJUBLJANA – The surprise in this month’s European Parliament elections was that the outcome everyone expected really did come to pass....

23.06.2024 20

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

The specter of neo-fascism is haunting Europe

The surprise in this month’s European Parliament elections was that the outcome everyone expected really did come to pass. To paraphrase a classic...

21.06.2024 20

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

The Specter of Neo-Fascism Is Haunting Europe

LJUBLJANA – The surprise in this month’s European Parliament elections was that the outcome everyone expected really did come to pass. To...

18.06.2024 50

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Echoes of despair amid global outrage over Gaza conflict

These are crazy times. Biblical disturbances in nature, such as the repeated torrential rain in Dubai or the mass fish die-off in Vietnam’s...

31.05.2024 20

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Protests of Despair

LJUBLJANA – These are crazy times. Biblical disturbances in nature, such as the repeated torrential rain in Dubai or the mass fish die-off in...

11.05.2024 100

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Canceling Palestine

Slavo Zizek LJUBLJANA – It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a...

30.04.2024 80

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Canceling Palestine

Slavo Zizek LJUBLJANA – It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a...

28.04.2024 100

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

The world cannot just cancel Palestine

It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress that was set...

26.04.2024 80

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Canceling Palestine

LJUBLJANA – It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress...

24.04.2024 80

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

No barbarism without poetry

When the basic pact that holds society together is crumbling, which appears to be happening worldwide, wild rumors and conspiracy theories...

19.04.2024 20

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

No Barbarism Without Poetry

LJUBLJANA – When the basic pact that holds society together is crumbling, which appears to be happening worldwide, wild rumors and conspiracy...

05.04.2024 60

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Haiti's proud boys

Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA – The way things are going in Haiti, violent gangs might not only gain an official government role; they might actually...

21.03.2024 20

The Korea Times

Slavoj Žižek

Haiti’s Proud Boys

LJUBLJANA – The way things are going in Haiti, violent gangs might not only gain an official government role; they might actually become the...

18.03.2024 40

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Lenin’s lesson for Israel and Ukraine

It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political...

14.02.2024 10

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Lenin’s lesson for Israel and Ukraine

It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political...

14.02.2024 10

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

Lenin’s Lesson for Israel and Ukraine

LJUBLJANA – It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death, and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of...

06.02.2024 30

Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek

Jews and Palestinians Are Both Victims of Western racism

One cannot ignore the antisemitic undertone of many who praise Israel. In a letter defending Israel of my criticism, a Slovenian Catholic wrote that...

14.12.2023 40

Haaretz

Slavoj Žižek

Jews and Palestinians Are Both Victims of Western racism

One cannot ignore the antisemitic undertone of many who praise Israel. In a letter defending Israel of my criticism, a Slovenian Catholic wrote that...

12.12.2023 60

Haaretz

Slavoj Žižek

Unraveling the new roots of modern antisemitism

“We must separate the Jews into two categories, the Zionists and the partisans of assimilation,” wrote Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of...

06.12.2023 10

The Japan Times

Slavoj Žižek

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