Žižek & Peterson Debate – Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism (transcript of opening statement)

Below is the transcript of Zizek’s introductory statement. First, a brief introductory remark. I cannot but notice the irony of how Peterson and I, the participants in this duel of the century, are both marginalised by the official academic community. I am supposed to defend here the left, liberal line against neo-conservatives. Really? Most of… Continue reading Žižek & Peterson Debate – Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism (transcript of opening statement)

Slavoj Žižek tells Owen Jones: ‘Clinton is the problem, not Trump’

Slavoj Žižek tells Owen Jones the collapse of the centre-left welfare state consensus has led to the global rise of the new right. He argues the left “ceased to question the fundamentals of the system” and says that the crucial political battleground in the US is not against Donald Trump but what happens within the… Continue reading Slavoj Žižek tells Owen Jones: ‘Clinton is the problem, not Trump’

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The Politics of Sexual Difference (w/ Mladen Dolar & Alenka Zupančič) – Nov. 2017

https://youtu.be/iqMUeLg7hc4 Žižek appeared alongside Alenka Zupančič and Mladen Dolar once again for Deutsches Haus at New York University. The discussion around the topic of ‘The Politics of Sexual Difference’ took place on November 14th 2017, and the participants discussed the varying topics from philosophy and psychoanalysis to Trump and the Soviet Revolution.

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Freud Lives! Slavoj Žižek and Stephen Grosz in conversation

We are often told that psychoanalysis is dead. Outdated scientifically, in that the Freudian model of the mind has been superseded by neurobiology; outdated clinically, where the talking cure has lost ground to drug treatment or behavioural therapy; outdated socially, where the idea that we are repressed by the norms of others is no longer… Continue reading Freud Lives! Slavoj Žižek and Stephen Grosz in conversation

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Transcendental Subjectivity, Sexual Difference, Brain Sciences

With the recent turn towards realism, the notion of transcendental subjectivity is (again) dismissed as philosophically outdated and politically harmful. Furthermore, the progress in brain sciences seems to render this notion irrelevant. But what if we still have to learn a lot from the transcendental approach? The two classes will examine how Lacan’s teaching enables… Continue reading Transcendental Subjectivity, Sexual Difference, Brain Sciences

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