- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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 Jac…
Filmography
movieUnexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
2024 · himself
movieProfessor Slavoj Žižek on the Problem with Online Dating
2024 · Screenplay
Deep Thought
tvDeep Thought
2023 · self
movieAlice, Through the Looking
2021 · Self
movieAn Apology for Modernity
2021 · Himself
tvGreat Minds
2021 · Self
movieBliss
2021 · Slavoj Žižek
movieAntigone, How Dare We!
2020 · Himself, Theatre Play
movieHappiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019 · Self, Writer
movieJordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019 · Self
movieSlavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
2019 · Himself
movieLove Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018 · Self
Turn On
movieTurn On
2018 · Original Concept
movieRisk
2017 · Self
The New Man
movieThe New Man
2016 · Self
movieThe Swap
2016 · Self (voice)
movieHouston, We Have a Problem!
2016 · Self
movieHyperstition
2015 · Self
There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
movieThere Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
2013 · Himself (archive footage)
movieBalkan Spirit
2013 · Self - Philosopher
movieThe Pervert's Guide to Ideology
2012 · Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
movieCatastroika
2012 · Self
movieMarx Reloaded
2011 · Self
movieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009 · Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
movieAlien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
2009 · Self
movieThe Title Was Shot
2009 · Self (archive footage) (voice)
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
movieHauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
2008
movieExamined Life
2008 · Self
tvQ&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
movieThe Possibility of Hope
2007 · Self
movieThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006 · Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
movieŽižek!
2005 · Self
movieSlavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
2004 · Self, Writer
Parola (su una data)
tvParola (su una data)
2003
Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
moviePost-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
1997 · Himself
movieThe Old and the New
1997 · Himself
moviePredictions of Fire
1996 · Self
movieThou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
1996 · Self
movieLaibach – A Film from Slovenia
1993 · Himself
movieBravo: Laibach in Film
1993 · Himself
tvNewsnight
1980 · Self