Slavoj Žižek
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1949-03-21 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Also known as
- Slavoj Zizek
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (35)
Bliss
2021
as Slavoj Žižek
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
2012
as Self - Host / Philosopher
Žižek!
2005
as Self
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006
as Self - Host / Philosopher
Hyperstition
2015
as Self
Houston, We Have a Problem!
2016
as Self
Catastroika
2012
as Self
Risk
2017
as Self
The Possibility of Hope
2007
as Self
Alice, Through the Looking
2021
as Self
Balkan Spirit
2013
as Self - Philosopher
The New Man
2016
as Self
Examined Life
2008
as Self
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018
as Self
The Title Was Shot
2009
as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Marx Reloaded
2011
as Self
Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
1996
as Self
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009
as Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
2004
as Self
Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019
as Self
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia
1993
as Himself
There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek
2024
as himself
The Swap
2016
as Self (voice)
Predictions of Fire
1996
as Self
Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
1997
as Himself
Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait
2009
as Self
Antigone, How Dare We!
2020
as Himself
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism
2019
as Self
Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography
2019
as Himself
An Apology for Modernity
2021
as Himself
Bravo: Laibach in Film
1993
as Himself
The Old and the New
1997
as Himself
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
2008
The Pervert's Guide to Utopias
About 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 Univer… With 40 credits spanning from 1980 to 2024, Slavoj Žižek has appeared in 35 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Slavoj Žižek Movies
- Bliss (2021) — as Slavoj Žižek
- The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) — as Self - Host / Philosopher
- Žižek! (2005) — as Self
- The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) — as Self - Host / Philosopher
- Hyperstition (2015) — as Self
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