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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek (born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.

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Education
University of Ljubljana (BA, MA, DA) · University of Paris VIII (PhD)
Born
(1949-03-21) 21 March 1949 (age 77) Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Children
2
Doctoral advisor
Jacques-Alain Miller
Doctoral students
Adrian Johnston
Era
20th-/21st-century philosophy

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related to External links · 21
Slavoj Žižek → Archived, August, Big ThinkSlavoj, C-SPANSlavoj, Costas Douzinas, European Graduate SchoolŽižek's, Faculty Page, Friday Debate, IMDbWendy Brown, Internet Encyclopedia, JacobinAppearances, Lacanian Ink, London Critical Theory Summer, Muck Rack, PhilosophyŽižek, School, Slavoj, Stephen Frosh, Substack, The GuardianColumn
Main interests · 10
Slavoj Žižek → cultural studies, dialectic, film theory, German idealism, Ideology, Marxism, ontology, political theory, psychoanalysis, theology
School or tradition · 5
Slavoj Žižek → Continental philosophy, Freudo-Marxism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis, Post-Hegelianism
Institutions · 4
Slavoj Žižek → Birkbeck, University of London, New York University, University of Ljubljana, University of Paris VIII
Notable ideas · 4
Slavoj Žižek → Ideological fantasy (ideology as an unconscious fantasy that structures reality), Interpassivity, Over-identification, Revival of dialectical materialism
Education · 2
Slavoj Žižek → University of Ljubljana (BA, MA, DA), University of Paris VIII (PhD)
Other political affiliations · 2
Slavoj Žižek → League of Communists of Slovenia (until 1988), Liberal Democratic Party (1990)
Born · 1
Slavoj Žižek → (1949-03-21) 21 March 1949 (age 77) Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Children · 1
Slavoj Žižek → 2
Doctoral advisor · 1
Slavoj Žižek → Jacques-Alain Miller

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Slavoj ŽižekEducationUniversity of Paris VIII (PhD)1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekEra20th-/21st-century philosophy1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekInstitutionsUniversity of Ljubljana1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekInstitutionsUniversity of Paris VIII1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekInstitutionsNew York University1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekInstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London1.00infobox
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Slavoj ŽižekMain interestsMarxism1.00infobox
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Slavoj ŽižekMain interestspsychoanalysis1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekMain interestscultural studies1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekMain interestsfilm theory1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekMain intereststheology1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekMain interestsGerman idealism1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekMain interestsdialectic1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekNotable ideasInterpassivity1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekNotable ideasOver-identification1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekNotable ideasIdeological fantasy (ideology as an unconscious fantasy that structures reality)1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekNotable ideasRevival of dialectical materialism1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekOther political affiliationsLiberal Democratic Party (1990)1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekOther political affiliationsLeague of Communists of Slovenia (until 1988)1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekPolitical partyDiEM25 (2016–present)1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
Slavoj ŽižekSchool or traditionContinental philosophy1.00infobox

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