Slavoj Žižek
A Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis. Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a professor at the European Graduate School. He has been a visiting professor at, among others, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, London Consortium, Princeton, New York University, The New School, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Irvine and the University of Michigan. He is currently the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. Žižek uses examples from popular culture to explain the theory of Jacques Lacan and uses Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist economic criticism to interpret and speak extensively on immediately current social phenomena.
Acted in
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
2024
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Alice, Through the Looking
2021
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Bliss
2021
as Slavoj Žižek
Antigone, How Dare We!
2020
as Himself
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019
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Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019
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Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
2019
as Himself
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018
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Risk
2017
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The New Man
2016
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The Swap
2016
as Self (voice)
Houston, We Have a Problem!
2016
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Hyperstition
2015
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There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
Balkan Spirit
2013
as Self - Philosopher
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
2012
as Self - Host / Philosopher
Catastroika
2012
as Self
Marx Reloaded
2011
as Self
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009
as Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
2009
as Self
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
2008
Examined Life
2008
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006
as Self - Host / Philosopher
Žižek!
2005
as Self
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
2004
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Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
1997
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The Old and the New
1997
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Predictions of Fire
1996
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Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
1996
as Self
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia
1993
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Bravo: Laibach in Film
1993
as Himself