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Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek, a Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, is a senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, in Essen, Germany. He has also been a visiting professor at more than 10 universities around the world. Žižek is the author of many other books, including Living in the End Times, First As Tragedy, Then As Farce, The Fragile Absolute and Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? He lives in London.
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What Europe’s Elites Don’t Know
When the blind are leading the blind, democracy is the victim. more »
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Culture
Occupy Gotham City
What the Dark Night Rises says about violence, morality and people's power more »
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Smashing the Spinning Plates
How long can the Eurocrats in Brussels keep the dinnerware in motion? more »
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The Violent Silence of a New Beginning
The Occupy protests are important, but soon the difficult question must be answered: What social organization can replace capitalism? more »
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Barbarism With A Human Face
The recent expulsion oF illegal Roma ("Gypsies") from France back to Romania sparked protests across Europe from both more »
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‘O Earth, Pale Mother!’
To many of us, the fear of flying is concrete: We are haunted by how many parts of more »
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Culture
A Soft Focus on War
How Hollywood hides the horrors of war. more »
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Act Locally
Making the Illegal Legal
Israel’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy colonizes the occupied West Bank one settlement at a time. more »
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Iran on the Brink
Warning to the Persian cat: Don’t look down! more »
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Why Cynics Are Wrong
The sublime shock of Obama's victory more »
