Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher
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| 2025 | Slavoj Žižek publishes book 'Against Progress' |
| 2025 | Upcoming publication 'Zero Point' by Bloomsbury, suggesting continued intellectual productivity. |
| 2024 | Published 'Christian Atheism: How To Be A Real Materialist', continuing his exploration of philosophical and theological concepts. |
| April 2024 | Žižek criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. |
| 2023 | Authored two notable works: 'Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There is no Future?' and 'Freedom: A Disease Without Cure', reflecting on contemporary global challenges. |
| 2023 | In a piece for Compact Magazine, Žižek took a strong stance against access to puberty blockers for trans youth and criticized the placement of trans adults in prisons matching their gender, linking his arguments to what he described as 'wokeness.' |
| April 7 2023 | Writes about ChatGPT, suggesting it reveals what our unconscious radically represses |
| February 22 2023 | Wrote about 'wokeness' in Compact magazine |
| 2022 | Published 'Š/Ž | A European Manifesto' with Jeremy Fernando through Delere Press |
| 2022 | Released 'Surplus-Enjoyment: A Guide For The Non-Perplexed', further contributing to his philosophical discourse. |
| 2022 | In his book 'Heaven in Disorder', Žižek reiterated his preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, criticizing Trump for corroding the ethical substance of life while portraying Biden as a more genteel representative of big capital. |
| 2022 | In an opinion article for The Guardian, Žižek argued for full support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion and called for a stronger NATO in response to Russian aggression. |
| 2022 | Žižek showed his support for the Slovenian political party Levica (The Left) during its 5th annual conference. |
| August 31 2022 | Writes critically about the West's colonization of Ukraine |
| March 6 2022 | Published an article in Project Syndicate discussing the meaning of defending Europe |
| February 27 2022 | Writes about Putin's concept of freedom, suggesting that for Putin, freedom means everyone knows their place |
| February 26 2022 | Analyzed Russia's potential invasion of Ukraine in The Spectator |
| 2021 | Slavoj Žižek published 'Problemi 7-8' (Living and Dying in an Inverted World) through Društvo za teoretsko psihoanalizo in Ljubljana |
| 2021 | Published 'Heaven in Disorder', continuing his exploration of contemporary social and philosophical issues. |
| 2021 | The film 'Bliss' was released. |
| August 18 2021 | Writes about the Taliban situation, suggesting a collective fight against climate catastrophe as a global response |
| January 11 2021 | Wrote about Trump's 'greatest treason' being the betrayal of populism |
| 2020 | Edited volume 'Subject Lessons: Hegel, Lacan, and the Future of Materialism' published by Northwestern University Press, edited by Russell Sbriglia and Slavoj Žižek |
| 2020 | Žižek revealed that he was reconsidering his views on Trump, stating 'Trump is a little too much' and indicating a shift in preference towards Joe Biden. |
| November 27 2020 | Žižek critiques Donald Trump's relationship with truth, describing it as more dangerous than traditional fascism |
| November 11 2020 | Žižek comments on Biden's election victory, predicting that it will not bring significant change and Trump could potentially return in 2024 |
| November 9 2020 | Žižek analyzes Joe Biden's election victory, predicting potential political stagnation and suggesting it could lead to Trump's potential return in 2024 |
| November 3 2020 | Žižek comments on Jeremy Corbyn's suspension from the Labour Party, suggesting it was due to anti-capitalist views rather than anti-Semitism |
| October 24 2020 | Žižek reflects on Cuba's response to systemic challenges, drawing parallels with the Soviet Union's collapse |
| October 12 2020 | Žižek writes multiple critical articles on global political issues, including commentary on Lukashenko in Belarus, Elon Musk's social control, Julian Assange's treatment, and the geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 crisis |
| July 6 2020 | Žižek publishes 'Poterea, apparentiaa eta obscaenitatea: bortz reflectione' through Zeropolia/Zeropolis |
| March 14 2020 | Žižek writes about the coronavirus pandemic, discussing potential global outcomes as 'global communism or jungle law' |
| March 10 2020 | Discussed potential global communist implications of the coronavirus pandemic in RT |
| February 3 2020 | Commented on the racial elements of coronavirus hysteria in RT |
| 2019 | Slavoj Žižek published two significant works: 'The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto' and 'Sex and the Failed Absolute', exploring philosophical and political themes. |
| 2019 | In the article 'Transgender dogma is naive and incompatible with Freud', Žižek explored the tension in LGBT+ ideology between social constructivism and biological determinism, proposing a 'Freudian solution' to this ideological deadlock. |
| 2019 | In a 2019 article, Žižek highlighted Marx's view that the market economy uniquely combines political and personal freedom with social unfreedom. |
| 2019 | Žižek co-signed a petition condemning the use of disproportionate force by the Hong Kong Police against students during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, advocating for academic freedom and the safety of students. |
| 2019 | Žižek began hosting a mini-series titled 'How to Watch the News with Slavoj Žižek' on the RT network. |
| 2019 | Žižek defended his support for Trump, arguing that the election 'created a true American left' by energizing figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
| 2019 | In 2019, Slavoj Žižek asserted that 'For me, in some sense, all of philosophy happened in [the] fifty years' between Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and the death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1831). |
| December 19 2019 | Wrote articles in The Spectator about Trump and the opioid crisis, and critiqued 'toxic masculinity' |
| November 11 2019 | Multiple articles by Slavoj Žižek published in Le Monde diplomatique, including works on terrorism, political systems, WikiLeaks, and technology companies like Huawei |
| April 2019 | Žižek debated psychology professor Jordan Peterson at the Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada, discussing happiness under capitalism versus Marxism. |
| April 15 2019 | Published an article in The Independent analyzing why people find Jordan Peterson convincing |
| February 3 2019 | Wrote several articles for RT discussing topics including Trump, sexuality, Jordan Peterson, and political commentary |
| January 28 2019 | Žižek published multiple articles discussing topics such as Cambridge Analytica, happiness, and criticism of Israel in the Los Angeles Review of Books and The Independent |
| 2018 | Žižek co-authored 'Reading Marx' with Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza, published by Polity Press |
| 2018 | The short film 'Turn On' was released. |
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