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.
Movie | Alice, Through the Looking | Self | 2021-11-12 |
Movie | Bliss | Slavoj Žižek | 2021-02-05 |
Movie | Antigone, How Dare We! | Himself | 2020-10-30 |
Movie | Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism | Self | 2019-04-19 |
Movie | Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk | Self | 2018-05-18 |
Movie | Risk | Self | 2017-05-05 |
Movie | Houston, We Have a Problem! | Self | 2016-05-05 |
Movie | The Swap | Self (voice) | 2016-10-19 |
Movie | The New Man | Self | 2016-11-18 |
Movie | The Beast Is Still Alive | himself | 2016-11-11 |
Movie | Hyperstition | Self | 2015-07-22 |
Movie | Balkan Spirit | Self - Philosopher | 2013-04-08 |
Movie | There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People | Himself (archive footage) | 2013-04-25 |
Movie | Catastroika | Self | 2012-04-26 |
Movie | The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | Self - Host / Philosopher | 2012-11-15 |
Movie | Marx Reloaded | Self | 2011-04-11 |
Movie | Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait | Self | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution | Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes' | 2009-01-01 |
Series | Q&A | Himself - Panellist | 2008-05-22 |
Movie | Examined Life | Self | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | The Pervert's Guide to Cinema | Self - Host / Philosopher | 2006-10-06 |
Movie | Žižek! | Self | 2005-11-18 |
Movie | Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual | Self | 2004-03-23 |
Movie | The Old and the New | Himself | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin | Himself | 1997-09-03 |
Movie | Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself | Self | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Predictions of Fire | Self | 1996-10-02 |
Movie | Laibach – A Film from Slovenia | Himself | 1993-02-04 |