Slavoj Žižek

Dr Slavoj Žižek, professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School, is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and the author of "Heaven in Disorder."

The real dividing line in Israel-Palestine

The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between fundamentalists and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence.

Freedom without justice

If we believe that things will fall into place by just letting them take their course, we will end up with multiple catastrophes.

In Russia and Israel, national derangement runs wild

Whenever a country’s social contract unravels, conditions become ripe for rumours and absurdities to circulate.

Without whistleblowers, the West is lost

We need people like Assange to force such reckonings – to make us see “those in the darkness.”

The Post-Human Desert

A massive expansion of AI capabilities is a serious threat to those in power – including those who develop, own, and control AI. It points to nothing less than the end of capitalism as we know it.

The Dark Side of Neutrality

Those who would claim neutrality forfeit their standing to complain about the horrors of colonisation anywhere.

Death or Glory in Russia

Russia’s reversion to warlordism is fuelled by a religious fundamentalism.

Eating the Last Cannibal

For political figures like Trump and Putin, courage is redefined as a willingness to break the state’s laws if the state’s own interests – or their own – demand it. The implication is that civilisation endures only if there are brave patriots who will do the dirty work. This is a decidedly right-wing form of “heroism.” It is easy to act nobly on behalf of one’s country – short of sacrificing one’s life for it – but only the strong of heart can bring themselves to commit crimes for it.

October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023

The real dividing line in Israel-Palestine

The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between fundamentalists and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence.

October 6, 2023
October 6, 2023

Freedom without justice

If we believe that things will fall into place by just letting them take their course, we will end up with multiple catastrophes.

September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023

In Russia and Israel, national derangement runs wild

Whenever a country’s social contract unravels, conditions become ripe for rumours and absurdities to circulate.

June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023

Without whistleblowers, the West is lost

We need people like Assange to force such reckonings – to make us see “those in the darkness.”

April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023

The Post-Human Desert

A massive expansion of AI capabilities is a serious threat to those in power – including those who develop, own, and control AI. It points to nothing less than the end of capitalism as we know it.

February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023

The Dark Side of Neutrality

Those who would claim neutrality forfeit their standing to complain about the horrors of colonisation anywhere.

February 2, 2023
February 2, 2023

Death or Glory in Russia

Russia’s reversion to warlordism is fuelled by a religious fundamentalism.

January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023

Eating the Last Cannibal

For political figures like Trump and Putin, courage is redefined as a willingness to break the state’s laws if the state’s own interests – or their own – demand it. The implication is that civilisation endures only if there are brave patriots who will do the dirty work. This is a decidedly right-wing form of “heroism.” It is easy to act nobly on behalf of one’s country – short of sacrificing one’s life for it – but only the strong of heart can bring themselves to commit crimes for it.

November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022

Ethics on the Rocks

Ethical progress produces a beneficial form of dogmatism.

October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022

The Ukraine Safari

Peaceniks argue that Russia needs a victory or concession that will allow it to 'save face.'

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