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.
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Movies (39)
The Pervert's Guide to Utopias
2026
Die Macht des Rings
2026 · Self - philosopher & cultural critic
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
2024 · himself
Professor Slavoj Žižek on the Problem with Online Dating
2024 · Screenplay
Alice, Through the Looking
2021 · Self
An Apology for Modernity
2021 · Himself
Dicha
2021 · Slavoj Žižek
Antigone, How Dare We!
2020 · Himself, Theatre Play
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019 · Self, Writer
Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019 · Self
Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
2019 · Himself
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018 · Self
Turn On
2018 · Original Concept
Risk
2017 · Self
The New Man
2016 · Self
The Swap
2016 · Self (voice)
Houston, We Have a Problem!
2016 · Self
Hyperstition
2015 · Self
There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
2013 · Himself (archive footage)
Balkan Spirit
2013 · Self - Philosopher
Guía ideológica para pervertidos
2012 · Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
Catastroika
2012 · Self
Marx Reloaded
2011 · Self
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009 · Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
2009 · Self
The Title Was Shot
2009 · Self (archive footage) (voice)
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
2008
Examined Life
2008 · Self
The Possibility of Hope
2007 · Self
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006 · Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
Žižek!
2005 · Self
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
2004 · Self, Writer
Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
1997 · Himself
The Old and the New
1997 · Himself
Predictions of Fire
1996 · Self
Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
1996 · Self
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia
1993 · Himself
Bravo: Laibach in Film
1993 · Himself
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