Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

CENTENARY LECTURE SERIES VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

To conclude this years discourse programme, Elevate Festival welcomes Slavoj Žižek to Orpheum Graz. In his lecture “Only A Catastrophe Can Save Us” he asks, in view of global crises and swelling doomsday scenarios: What if the great catastrophe is … Continue reading →

This is a recording of a Zoom presentation from 21st December 2022 for the Walden Korea Lecture Series, as part of the International School of Philosophy in ASIA (ISPA)

Internationally renowned philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek returns to Seton Hall for a public talk entitled “Why Do We Enjoy Feeling Ashamed?”

Žižek’s paper was delivered the largest Slovenian annual foreign policy event, the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), on 29th August 2022, in a special “Night owl session”, followed by a dialogue with Guillaume Klossa on the future of Europe.

Are we above nature? How can we combat extremism? How do extreme ideologies often become their opposite? In a lively discussion between Slavoj Žižek and Yuval Noah Harari, the two thinkers debate extremist ideology, our role in nature, the notions … Continue reading →

Isn’t Ukraine too much hurt because of its desire for freedom? We will be able to discuss this live with a lecturer who is in the TOP-25 of the world’s best intellectuals according to Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy … Continue reading →

Slavoj Zizek and Vivek Chibber debate the role of ideology in promoting capitalist stability. Does capitalist ideology prevent workers from rising up? Or does the class structure within capitalism make non-collective forms of resistance, or worse, resignation, more likely than … Continue reading →

Slavoj Žižek is considered one of the best-known, but also most controversial philosophers of the present day, who completely overturns the common way of thinking in his texts. Yves Bossart talks to him about the theories behind his surprising contemporary … Continue reading →

Slavoj Zizek, Todd McGowan, and Russ Sbriglia explore the points of greatest strength and greatest weakness in the thought of Jacques Lacan. They focus on the notion of surplus enjoyment, the formulas of sexuation, and the four discourses. They frame … Continue reading →

Discussion with Slovenian Philosopher, Slavoj Zizek. Co-hosted by Russell Sbriglia, Ben Burgis, Adnan Husain and Ann Li

Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about Hitchens and lesser figures who “left the left.” Slovenian anti-capitalist philosopher Slavoj Zizek returns to the show to talk about subjects ranging from communism to AOC’s boyfriend’s feet. There’s a preview of … Continue reading →

Briahna Joy Gray asks the Slovenian philosopher to revisit his stance on Biden and Chomsky’s vote blue no matter who take from exactly a year ago. Is it enough for the left to merely hold Biden accountable to his own … Continue reading →

Cukrarna Gallery (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana)

Inauguration of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies on 14 October 2021 with the Inaugural Lecture by Slavoj Žižek.

The pandemic has not only amplified the ego's visibility obligations—sitting at home, lonely and tired, trying to sprinkle energy on Zoom—but it has transformed the global capitalist order. How does this combination of fatigue and uncontrollable change affect our ability … Continue reading →

Ben, Russell Sbriglia and Matt McManus interviewed Slavoj Žižek about his debate with Jordan Peterson. Producer Forrest joined at the end to ask some audience questions.

This discussion is centered around a new text of Lacanian thought entitled The Desire of Psychoanalysis by Gabriel Tupinambá. A symposium was held on May 7th and May 8th 2021 to elaborate some of the main theoretical issues raised in … Continue reading →

A talk delivered for the Kobani University in Syria via Zoom (due to covid-19 circumstances) on 18th April 2021

Run by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, the internationally renowned London Critical Theory Summer School enables graduate students and academics to engage in a two-week course of study with acclaimed critical thinkers. This is a recording of a Zoom … Continue reading →

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European Graduate School

European Graduate School

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Slavoj Žižek visits Russell Sbriglia’s graduate seminar on “Literary Criticism and Ideology Critique.” From the Critical Theory youtube channel

Zizek spoke to Oli Dugmore about Reddit v Wall Street, whether patriotism and socialism are compatible and a possible impending cultural revolution on the PoliticsJOE youtube channel

This conversation with Slavoj Zizek was inspired by a previous interview with Michael Albert. After discussing Albert’s ideas about participatory economics, Douglas Lain mentioned that unlike Chomsky and Albert, he believed that critical theory was important to the struggle for … Continue reading →

This lecture series is launched to help connect critical postmedia studies to a broader audience by the Critical Postmedia Research Network

Interview by Robert Rowland Smith in an exclusive How To Academy Event.

Todd McGowan talks with Slavoj Zizek and Russell Sbriglia about Hegel as a political theorist in relation to Marx. They debate the extent to which Hegel can offer a paradigm for challenging capitalism, as well as discuss the most effective … Continue reading →

Interview by Owen Jones on the Owen Jones youtube channel

Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy

Interview by the Chapo Trap House Podcast

Red Scare chats with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about his recent books Pandemic! and Pandemic! 2

Interview by Brian Wong for the Oxford Political Review

Hegel’s 250th Anniversary: ‘Too late?’ | International Philosophical Conference in Ljubljana, September 7th – 9th, 2020

The Department of German at NYU, the NYU Department of Comparative Literature, and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a discussion between Slavoj Žižek, Rebecca Comay, and Frank Ruda which will revolve around Comay and Ruda’s book The Dash—The Other Side … Continue reading →

Interview by Dr. Robert Eikmeyer on the Museum Hegel-Haus facebook live stream

Interview by Robert Rowland Smith for the How To Academy youtube channel

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of G.W.F. Hegel, Slavoj Žižek speaks to Shahidha Bari about the philosophical giant that changed our way of thinking about posthumanism.Published by Intelligence Squared

Pandemic! Protests! Panic! Moderated by Samo Burja. Live streamed on the Big Think youtube channel

Žižek has a virtual sit down with Patrick Bet-David on the Youtube live stream of Valuetainment

Interview on the Michael Brooks Show Episode 135

in conversation with Renata Ávila for the DiEM25 Live Stream

Slavoj Žižeks first stage play “The Three Lives of Antigone” premiered in Germany at the FFT Düsseldorf, by the ensemble of the AGORA Theater. After one of the shows, the Slovenian philosopher spoke with the director Felix Ensslin about his work. … Continue reading →

Interview by Jela Krečič Malmö Stadtsbibliotek, Sweden

Part 1 of the RISE OF NEW MASTERS Masterclass. Sadly, part 2 wasn’t recorded.Birkbeck, University of London