Acheronta Movebo

The motto of every authentic radical change is the same as the quote from Virgil that Freud chose as the epigraph for his Interpretation of Dreams. It is Acheronta movebo – I will move the infernal regions. Dare to disturb the underground of the unspoken underpinnings of our everyday lives! There are two such “infernal regions” in our… Continue reading Acheronta Movebo

Slavoj Žižek on Peter Sloterdijk: The revolution does take place, just differently

Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most accurate diagnosticians of our time. In his work Rage and Time, from the distinction between Eros (desire, that is the desire to possess, that is the possession of objects) and Thymos (pride, that is giving-willing, that is recognition) he offers an alternative history of the West – that is, as… Continue reading Slavoj Žižek on Peter Sloterdijk: The revolution does take place, just differently

Complete Zizek bibliography

Books and co-authored books 2017. Slavoj Žižek. Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism. Allen Lane. In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world – changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek turns to look at the brave… Continue reading Complete Zizek bibliography

Slavoj Žižek on Cuba and Yugoslavia

Q: You’ve lived through the Cold War the, fall of the Soviet Union, the disintegration of Yugoslavia – did you think that in 2016 there would still be a Castro in power in Havana? Slavoj Žižek: No, I didn’t. But let me add two points. First, you know there are so many surprises, for me… Continue reading Slavoj Žižek on Cuba and Yugoslavia

The Left’s Fidelity to Castro-ation

The Left’s Fidelity to Castro-ation

I am critical of Cuba not because I am anti-Communist but because I remain a Communist. We all remember the classic scene from cartoons: a cat walks over the precipice and magically goes on, floating in the air—it falls down only when it looks down and becomes aware that it has no ground under its… Continue reading The Left’s Fidelity to Castro-ation

Slavoj Žižek on Castro’s death (+ transcript)

[Transcript below video.] RT: Joining me live now here on the programme on RT International Slavoj Žižek – a philosopher and international director at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. Great to see you today. Thanks for coming on the programme. Let’s discuss the breaking news here, Mr. Žižek, that over the death of Fidel… Continue reading Slavoj Žižek on Castro’s death (+ transcript)

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, with Stephen Kotkin

Books by Kotkin [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0143127861][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0143127861] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0812966791][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0812966791] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0195168941][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0195168941] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0520208234][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0520208234] STEPHEN KOTKIN: I think there are a lot of people out there, but I can’t see anyone. Which is fortunate. I get stage fright. I have to thank Jean Strouse again for… Continue reading Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, with Stephen Kotkin

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, with Stephen Kotkin (podcast)

[Video version available here.] http://media.nypl.org/audio/LIVE_2015-3-31_Kotkin_and_Zizek.mp3 Books byKotkin [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0143127861][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0143127861] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0812966791][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0812966791] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0195168941][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0195168941] [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=0520208234][amazon template=add to cart&asin=0520208234] STEPHEN KOTKIN: I think there are a lot of people out there, but I can’t see anyone. Which is fortunate. I get stage fright. I have to thank… Continue reading Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, with Stephen Kotkin (podcast)

Deaths on the Nile

Deaths on the Nile

Now that the Egyptian Army has decided to break the stalemate and cleanse the public space of Islamist protesters, and the result is hundreds of deaths, one should first just imagine what an uproar this would have caused if the same bloodbath were to happen, say, in Iran. However, it is more urgent to take… Continue reading Deaths on the Nile