Slavoj Žižek
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.
Filmography (39 titles)
MovieUnexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
himself · 2024
Deep Thought
self · 2023
MovieAlice, Through the Looking
Self · 2021
MovieAn Apology for Modernity
Himself · 2021
5.2ShowGreat Minds
Self · 2021
5.5MovieBliss
Slavoj Žižek · 2021
5.5MovieAntigone, How Dare We!
Himself · 2020
10.0MovieHappiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Self · 2019
2.8MovieJordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
Self · 2019
MovieSlavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
Himself · 2019
4.0MovieLove Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self · 2018
6.6MovieRisk
Self · 2017
The New Man
Self · 2016
MovieThe Swap
Self (voice) · 2016
7.6MovieHouston, We Have a Problem!
Self · 2016
MovieHyperstition
Self · 2015
There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
Himself (archive footage) · 2013
6.6MovieBalkan Spirit
Self - Philosopher · 2013
7.4MovieThe Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Self - Host / Philosopher · 2012
6.8MovieCatastroika
Self · 2012
6.3MovieMarx Reloaded
Self · 2011
6.5MovieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes' · 2009
5.0MovieAlien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
Self · 2009
MovieThe Title Was Shot
Self (archive footage) (voice) · 2009
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
2008
6.5MovieExamined Life
Self · 2008
3.2ShowQ&A
Self - Panellist · 2008
5.8MovieThe Possibility of Hope
Self · 2007
7.4MovieThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Self - Host / Philosopher · 2006
6.8MovieŽižek!
Self · 2005