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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his work on psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical theory, and film criticism. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and has published extensively on ideology, subjectivity, and popular culture.
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The Sublime Object of Ideology
In this groundbreaking work, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to Marxist theory, exploring how ideology functions not merely as a set of false beliefs but as a structure embedded in everyday practices and fantasies. Žižek reinterprets key concepts from Hegel, Marx, and Lacan to reveal how ideology shapes subjectivity and social reality, offering a radical critique of contemporary culture and politics.
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Lacan’s Three Orders and the Structure of the Subject
Within Lacan’s framework, the subject is never an autonomous self but a construct composed of three interlocking dimensions: the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. The Imaginary is the realm of identification, the stage on which the self’s reflection forms in the mirror of images. The Symbolic r...
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Ideology as the Condition of Identity
Traditional Marxism treats ideology as a means of obscuring the reality of class relations—a tool of domination. Yet I maintain that ideology’s power exceeds mere concealment. It is not just a veil but the very condition for subject formation. We cannot think the world outside ideology, because ideo...
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About Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his work on psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical theory, and film criticism. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and has published extensively on ideology, subjectivi...
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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his work on psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical theory, and film criticism. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and has published extensively on ideology, subjectivi...
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his work on psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical theory, and film criticism. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and has published extensively on ideology, subjectivity, and popular culture.
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