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Living in the End Times According to Slavoj Zizek

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Uploaded on Mar 11, 2010

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, akaThe Elvis of cultural theory, is given the floor to show of his polemic style and whirlwind-like performance. The Giant of Ljubljana is bombarded with clips of popular media images and quotes by modern-day thinkers revolving around four major issues: the economical crisis, environment, Afghanistan and the end of democracy. Zizek grabs the opportunity to ruthlessly criticize modern capitalism and to give his view on our common future.

We communists are back! is the closing remark of Slavoj Zižeks provocative performance. Our current capitalist system, that everyone believed would be smoothly spread around the globe, is untenable. We find ourselves on the brink of big problems that call for big solutions. Whatever is left of the left, has been hedged in by western liberal democracy and seems to lack the energy to come up with radical solutions. Not Zižek.

Interview: Chris Kijne
Director: Marije Meerman
Production: Mariska Schneider /Pepijn Boonstra
Research: Marijntje Denters/Maren Merckx
Commissioning editors: Henneke Hagen/Jos de Putter

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  • Wayne Cristaudo

    He could psychoanalyse my typo below

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  • Wayne Cristaudo

    Zizek on Hegel, Lacan's, Kant etc. is interesting; on politics and economics, as here, frequently ridiculous.

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  • TUrhShark

    Dat's best left approch

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  • TUrhShark

    Ewryone see's it but dosent want 2 addmit it...money has 2 go soz 4 spelling

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  • martindj88

    Deep insight.

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    in reply to Scott Burton (Show the comment)
  • martindj88

    And if a bank cannot afford to give you one, it shouldn't give you one. It's not the taxpayer's fault. In particular, why should the taxpayer go after bankrupt people for decades to make sure that the bank gets a piece of everything they make? The bank already got payed through interest. Why should the taxpayer bail them out instead of taking everything they have? Just a thought.

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