Philosopher Slavoj Zizeck on Democracy Now- 6/6

World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, the War on Terror & More
Part two of our wide-ranging discussion with Slavoj Zizek, the philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist. He has been called the "Elvis of cultural theory" and is widely considered to be one of Europe's leading intellectuals. He has written more than fifty books and speaks to sold-out audiences around the world. [includes rush transcript]

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[mistakenshyness]

I disagree with the criticism of the interviewer; I think she did well. She knew that the audience is watching to hear Zizek, not her. Too many journalists forget that. Instead of cramping the debate with too many interjections, the interviewer steered it with simple, open questions that let ideas flourish and open up. That is what a public sphere should be about.

[Forkroute]

I really like this guy.

[dharmaatdawn]

Remember Chomsky mentioning somewhere that Bakunin made an accurate prediction the outcome of revolution, the one that happened in Russia, 1917.

interesting enough Bakunin made that prediction before Lenin was born.

[MrJonathanmahoney]

That interview bitch would not shut her trap!!

[TheRacistsMustDie]

Žižek is spelled wrong in the title. Great interview btw, I especially like part 4/6

[EclecticSceptic]

@mistakenshyness Yes, I agree. When a person's, or organisation's, agenda is not to smear or to propagandise, the interviewee won't necessarily have each sentence cut in half by injections. The converse is, for example, BBC Hardtalk where one can't get a word in. Alain Badiou, who's english isn't half as good as Zizek's, couldn't keep up with the interruptions and so the interview was a disaster - not for the British Government ahem I mean BBC, I suppose.

[EclecticSceptic]

Thanks for uploading these.

[JaCorBoar]

@arijitrule that's selective hearing on your part - what he is saying is that what we have now (capitalism) is better than what we had before - but what we will have tomorrow is up to us, and it has the potential to be better ("communism" or whatever) -or- worse with authoritarian-capitalism, like that in China.

But yeah.

[parannoyance]

Damn it he's humble as well as all too human with that giant 'cold'. Seriously though the end-point is so refreshing;I live in the UK where the Left are completely fucking demented. There are no intellectuals on the Left in the UK of this calibre who really think and engage. Mike Davis's Planet Of Slums is a must read.