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Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic. He is the author of The Sublime Object of Ideology and is the International Director of Humanities at Birkbeck.
Slavoj Žižek is a globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University and a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Philosophy. He is the author of several books, including The Sublime Object of Ideology, The Parallax View, Living in the End Times and Heaven in Disorder.
Žižek has collaborated with filmmaker Sophie Fiennes on films including The Pervert's Guide to Cinema and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, in which his interest in topics such as Lacanian psychoanalysis, German idealism and Communism is explored through the lens of popular entertainment. His unique style of philosophy, which is often imbued with humour and political incorrectness, has gained him admirers and critics across the globe.
Slavoj Žižek is a globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University and a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Philosophy. He is the author of several books, including The Sublime Object of Ideology, The Parallax View, Living in the End Times and Heaven in Disorder.
Žižek has collaborated with filmmaker Sophie Fiennes on films including The Pervert's Guide to Cinema and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, in which his interest in topics such as Lacanian psychoanalysis, German idealism and Communism is explored through the lens of popular entertainment. His unique style of philosophy, which is often imbued with humour and political incorrectness, has gained him admirers and critics across the globe.
Slavoj Žižek Videos
Quantum and the unknowable universe
Has quantum physics made the universe unknowable?
Liberty and the Left
Does the left need to re-engage with freedom?
Humanity and the gods of nature
Is morality human?
The life and philosophy of Slavoj Žižek
Celebrity philosopher reflects on his life's work
Slavoj Žižek Articles
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Spacetime and the Structure of Reality
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Is Nothing an Illusion?
Explaining everything and Nothing
Gravity
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The End of the Theory of Everything
Can we fully describe reality?
Time, Space and Being
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Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
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The Laws of the Universe
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Back from the End of Time
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Cosmic Dreams
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The Strangeness of Things
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Why The World Exists
In Search of Parallel Universes
Big Bang Creation Myths
Is the Big Bang theory mistaken?
The End of All Things
What is reality made of?
Is Reality an Illusion?
Quantum physics, objective and subjective reality
The Dark Universe
Are theories of dark matter and dark energy true?
Why Does Time Fly?
Bernard Carr | Time and consciousness
Quantum Whispers
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Decoding the Universe
Chiara Marletto | Reality as a string of code
The Poetry of the Universe
Sean Carroll | We are made of stories, not atoms
Playing Dice With The Universe
Is the universe really unknowable even to itself?
When Time Stands Still
Is the flow of time an illusion?
How to Find a Multiverse
The Latest Evidence of Parallel Worlds
Time's Arrow
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Bang Goes the Big Bang
Is it possible that the Big Bang is a mistake?
The Next Universe
Roger Penrose's New Story of Existence
After the Higgs Boson
What's next for 21st century physics?
The Universe Code
Is information fundamental?
Into the Unknown
What is the future of space exploration?
The Stuff of the Universe
Is materialism wrong?
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Are black holes a fantasy?
The Theory of Everything
Are we close to a final theory of the universe?
It's an Immaterial World
Do particles exist?
Pythagoras' Dream
Is reality mathematical?
Beyond the Standard Model
Tevong You | The first new particle after Higgs
Something and Nothing
Is there something rather than nothing?
Life, the Universe and Everything
Is reality beyond reach?
In a Parallel Universe
Are there many worlds?
A Goldilocks World
Is the universe finely tuned for life?
The Mathematics of Thought
How has mathematics changed philosophy?
It's an Immaterial World
Do particles exist?
Wonders of the Big Bang
Reconstructing the first moments of the universe
Uncovering Reality
Physics, truth and metaphor
Masters of the World
Is the universe mathematical?
Stephen Hawking and the Progress of Physics
Understanding the origin of the universe
Conjuring the Universe
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Quantum Effects in Gravity
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Demons Among Us
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How education embedded inequality
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We can’t tame big tech
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The Ethics of Online Communication
Beyond envy's dark side
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We must imitate Zelensky, not just admire him
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Ukraine is not about territory, it's about identity
Liberal democracies can't solve climate change
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Fundamental rights and the limits of democracy
Musk's town square will be chaos