Category Archives: Slavoj Zizek

Slavoj Žižek interview in Salon

Posted on January 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Rather late linking to this.

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London Critical Theory Summer School – Birkbeck, 1-12 July 2013

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

The 2013 London Critical Theory Summer School will take place at Birkbeck from 1st July – 12th July 2013. This unique opportunity is for graduate students and academics to follow a course of study and to foster exchange and debate. … Continue reading →

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Mapping… – reissue of the series from Verso

Posted on December 4, 2012 by stuartelden

Verso have reissued their Mapping series.  Mapping Ideology; edited by Slavoj Žižek; Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial, edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi and Mapping the Nation edited by Gopal Balakrishnan.

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Slavoj Žižek on Obama’s re-election

Posted on November 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Short piece in The Guardian. Preposterous and thoughtful all at the same time. Here’s one typical paragraph: In Europe, the ground floor of a building is counted as zero, so the floor above it is the first floor, while in the … Continue reading →

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New books received

Posted on October 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some recently received books – mainly from University of Georgia Press in recompense for review work; an old and a new book bought from Verso; Kant’s Natural Science for review; and a copy of the Babel2  Diritto alla città collection … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Žižek discusses ‘The Year of Dreaming Dangerously’

Posted on October 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Radio discussion with Slavoj Žižek on CBC.

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Zizek on Authoritarian Capitalism

Posted on October 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Slavoj Žižek discusses who won the recession and the idea of authoritarian capitalism in Foreign Policy. Looks like an excerpt or teaser for The Year of Dreaming Dangerously.

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‘The Essential Verso Undergraduate Reading List’

Posted on September 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Verso have posted another one their lists – this time ‘The Essential Verso Undergraduate Reading List’. Twenty books here including Marx, Paul Mason, Peter Dews, Jameson, Anderson (Perry & Benedict), Stephen Lukes, Žižek, Eagleton, David Harvey, Therborn, Balibar, Vinayak Chaturvedi, … Continue reading →

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Gaston Gordillo, The Afterlife of Places: Ruins and the Destruction of Space

Posted on September 28, 2012 by stuartelden

At Space and Politics, Gaston Gordillo has a detailed discussion of his forthcoming book The Afterlife of Places: Ruins and the Destruction of Space. It looks to be both theoretically innovative and based on detailed fieldwork. He promises some more theoretical … Continue reading →

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Žižek – The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

Posted on September 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The Verso blog has the news: After the success of The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, director Sophie Fiennes and the only philosopher-turned-film-star Slavoj Žižek return with The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology. Tonight marks the premiere of the film at the … Continue reading →

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