Tag: Slavoj Zizek
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Slavoj Zizek calls for Europe’s resuscitation and “Emancipatory Universalism”
In a recently published lecture given at the Sala della Protomoteca in Rome’s Campidoglio on 25 March 2026, Slavoj Zizek pushed back against the concept of European civilisational decline promoted by Peter Thiel and the American right. He reiterated his consistent point that capitalism can indeed change, and that it was Donald Trump who broke…
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Slavoj Zizek says that the west has a duty to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has written an article for EuroMaidan Press saying that the West has an obligation provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons to deter Russian attacks. He said that international political discourse about Ukraine escalating the war are absurd and obscene saying that: Russia, having launched a war of conquest against its peaceful neighbor,…
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Hamas gave more power to the Israeli far-right and created a state of permanent war – Slavoj Zizek
I’m very glad that Slavoj Zizek is pitching, so far, the only rational discourse on Israel and Palestine from the left which contrary to him, is growing ever more antisemitic. Here in his latest interview, he confirms some of my views, mainly that Hamas has jeopardised the peace process and given more power to the…
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Slavoj Zizek has been allowed to speak at the Frankfurt Book Fair while a Palestinian author was denied her prize
This is the great hypocrisy and travesty of the Frankfurt Book Fair where the privilege of free speech is only given to Westerners while dissidents and authors in the Arab world and dictatorial countries in Asia are denied their voice. Mind you, I fully agree with Zizek’s sober analysis of the current war in Gaza.…
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Recommended: Zizek’s latest lecture
I would just like to leave this here for my readers because it gives a good and concise assessment of many of the issues and challenges we face today. It is incredible how Zizek has been able to understand the changing dynamics of the world while left-wing intellectuals like Varafoukis are stuck in an abhorrent…