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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 a global public intellectual recognized for his provocative analyses of ideology and contemporary culture.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
In this provocative work, philosopher Slavoj Žižek examines the failures of global capitalism and liberal democracy through the lens of two defining events of the early twenty-first century: the tragedy of 9/11 and the farce of the 2008 financial crisis. He argues that the Left must reinvent itself to confront the ideological and economic crises of our time, challenging both moralistic liberalism and cynical pragmatism.
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The Tragedy of 9/11
The tragedy of September 11 was not only the destruction of towers or lives—it was an ideological performance that reshaped the collective unconscious of the West. The act itself embodied the ultimate confrontation, the fantasy of the external evil threatening civilization. But contrary to expectati...
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The Farce of the 2008 Financial Crisis
If 9/11 was tragedy, the 2008 financial collapse was pure farce. Here, the enemy was no longer the external terrorist but the system itself—its internal absurdity revealed by the implosion of speculative finance. The farce lay in how our societies responded: massive bailouts, moral condemnation of ‘...
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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 a global public intellectual recognized for his p...
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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 a global public intellectual recognized for his p...
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 a global public intellectual recognized for his provocative analyses of ideology and contemporary culture.
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