Category Archives: Slavoj Zizek

Badiou (and Žižek) on Wagner

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve just finished reading Alain Badiou’s new book, Five Lessons on Wagner. I approached it expecting to learn more about Badiou than Wagner, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A few clues aside, without his name on the cover I’d … Continue reading →

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Alain Badiou, Five Lessons on Wagner

Posted on December 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Alain Badiou – new translation of his book Five Lessons on Wagner is out with Verso. Also has an afterward by Slavoj Žižek.

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Wu Ming on Robespierre

Posted on September 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting (contentious, probably wrong) piece here. I briefly discussed Robespierre on terror, using the recent Verso book introduced by Zizek, in Terror and Territory. He’s worth reading.

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Zizek documentary film

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

(from the Verso blog)

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Zizek animation

Posted on July 31, 2010 by stuartelden

Terrific – even better than the David Harvey one. Thanks to Alex at Experimental Geographies for the link.

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Roundup – Heidegger, Mièville, Cycle Maps and Badiou

Posted on July 27, 2010 by stuartelden

A new book on Heidegger, space and sculpture is coming out. Details here (thanks to Paul Ennis at Another Heidegger Blog for the tip). And I note that Being and Truth, a translation of the lectures from 1933 and 1934 … Continue reading →

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Zizek – Living in the End Times

Posted on July 21, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve now read Living in the End Times. It’s a very readable book, full of ideas, odd juxtapositions and extremely wide-ranging. But it’s ultimately all a bit disappointing. While Zizek is obviously a great fan of movies, this didn’t feel … Continue reading →

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Zizek in Der Spiegel

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

The Verso blog mentioned this interview with/feature on Zizek, from Der Spiegel. Much of it will be familiar to anyone who’s been following the recent flurry of media reporting on Zizek, but there are some interesting moments. This is a quote … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Zizek, Harvey, Tour de France

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can watch a video of Zizek on Newsnight here You can download the first chapter of David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Capital here Tour de France – Mark Cavendish won again!

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Zizek (again)

Posted on July 6, 2010 by stuartelden

The Verso blog has a round up of Zizek media events. His ‘Living in the End Times’ at the LSE lecture is available here. He will be on Newsnight on Wednesday 7 July, and This Week on Thursday 8 July.

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