Category Archives: Slavoj Zizek

Roundup

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen here. Beowulf and Grendel; why ‘speculative realism’ is more use for medieval studies than Agamben; race, gender, nationalism; and contemporary politics like the ‘war on terror’. Over at the Society and Space blog, Bradley … Continue reading →

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Meaning of Maghreb? – Zizek, Habashi, Amin, Harvey, Bauman

Posted on May 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Serious intellectual firepower on the stage together here. Slavoj Žižek, Samir Amin, David Harvey, Mamdouh Habashi, and Zygmunt Bauman discuss the Maghreb. http://www.youtube.com/embed/TN-O09WhKko Via Reading Capital with David Harvey

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New books

Posted on May 23, 2011 by stuartelden

A whole big pile of books arrived over the last few months while I’ve been away. Some of them are ones I have chapters in; one I endorsed; most are ones I asked for in recompense for review work; some … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Bruno Latour, Eugen Fink, Fossils, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Gottfried Leibniz, Graham Harman, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jeremy Crampton, Martin Heidegger, Medieval Studies, My Publications, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

Harman’s Meillassoux book

Posted on May 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Flyer here, with a discount price, and Žižek’s blurb.

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Giorgio Agamben – What is a Commandment?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Audio of a lecture available here (via Infinite Thought). The page also has several other audio files to stream or download, including Žižek.

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Mehdi Belhaj Kacem on Tunisia

Posted on March 11, 2011 by stuartelden

A Tunisian Renaissance – Interview with Mehdi Belhaj Kacem here (thanks to Clive at Pop Theory for the link). MBK is French-Tunisian, and offers some critical thoughts on French intellectuals and the revolution: This is a fact that the Badious … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Slavoj Zizek | 1 Comment

Marx Reloaded poster

Posted on March 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I linked to the trailer before, but this is the poster for the film. Clicking on it will take you to a larger image. As has been pointed out on facebook already, Sloterdijk is making some kind of move on … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Karl Marx, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek, Umberto Eco | Leave a comment

Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

(thanks to Kanishka for the link)

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Democracy in what state?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking new book from Columbia UP with a very impressive contributor list – Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaïd, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Rancière, Kristin Ross, and Slavoj Žižek (via the Continental Philosophy blog). “Is it meaningful to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Zizek, Wendy Brown | 2 Comments

Marx Reloaded trailer

Posted on January 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Featuring Slavoj Žižek, Antonio Negri, Nina Power, Alberto Toscano… Trotsky as Morpheus is good too.

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Antonio Negri, Karl Marx, Slavoj Zizek | 1 Comment