Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

CENTENARY LECTURE SERIES VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

To conclude this years discourse programme, Elevate Festival welcomes Slavoj Žižek to Orpheum Graz. In his lecture “Only A Catastrophe Can Save Us” he asks, in view of global crises and swelling doomsday scenarios: What if the great catastrophe is not just a threat to be avoided; but something necessary to wake us up? Moderated by Viennese director and author Sebastian Brauneis

This is a recording of a Zoom presentation from 21st December 2022 for the Walden Korea Lecture Series, as part of the International School of Philosophy in ASIA (ISPA)

Internationally renowned philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek returns to Seton Hall for a public talk entitled “Why Do We Enjoy Feeling Ashamed?”

ZIZ293 Why We Should Not Go To The End of the Revolutionary Road (31.08.2022)

Žižek’s paper was delivered the largest Slovenian annual foreign policy event, the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), on 29th August 2022, in a special “Night owl session”, followed by a dialogue with Guillaume Klossa on the future of Europe.

Are we above nature? How can we combat extremism? How do extreme ideologies often become their opposite? In a lively discussion between Slavoj Žižek and Yuval Noah Harari, the two thinkers debate extremist ideology, our role in nature, the notions of good and evil, and catastrophes of the past. The conversation is moderated by Günes Taylor, and was filmed on June 2, 2022 as part of the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival.

Isn’t Ukraine too much hurt because of its desire for freedom? We will be able to discuss this live with a lecturer who is in the TOP-25 of the world’s best intellectuals according to Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (USA). He was nicknamed “Elvis of Theory of Culture” and “the most dangerous philosopher in the world.”

Slavoj Zizek and Vivek Chibber debate the role of ideology in promoting capitalist stability. Does capitalist ideology prevent workers from rising up? Or does the class structure within capitalism make non-collective forms of resistance, or worse, resignation, more likely than collective action?

Slavoj Žižek is considered one of the best-known, but also most controversial philosophers of the present day, who completely overturns the common way of thinking in his texts. Yves Bossart talks to him about the theories behind his surprising contemporary analyses.

Slavoj Zizek, Todd McGowan, and Russ Sbriglia explore the points of greatest strength and greatest weakness in the thought of Jacques Lacan. They focus on the notion of surplus enjoyment, the formulas of sexuation, and the four discourses. They frame this discussion with analysis of the current Russian aggression against Ukraine, which they look at in psychoanalytic terms.

Discussion with Slovenian Philosopher, Slavoj Zizek. Co-hosted by Russell Sbriglia, Ben Burgis, Adnan Husain and Ann Li

ZIZ285 Hegel and Hardcore Pornography (15.02.2022)

Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about Hitchens and lesser figures who “left the left.” Slovenian anti-capitalist philosopher Slavoj Zizek returns to the show to talk about subjects ranging from communism to AOC’s boyfriend’s feet. There’s a preview of the last patron episode w/Conrad Hamilton, Professor Jennifer Burgis comes on for a philosophy segment, and Ethan Hershenfeld comes on to hangout and watch clips of William Lane Craig and Ben Shapiro in the postgame for patrons

Briahna Joy Gray asks the Slovenian philosopher to revisit his stance on Biden and Chomsky’s vote blue no matter who take from exactly a year ago. Is it enough for the left to merely hold Biden accountable to his own campaign promises? Or should somebody be demanding more? Perhaps something more in line with what the people actually want? Brie also asks Žižek about Andrew Yang’s Forward Party and vote withholding, Žižek stance on vaccine mandates, Julian Assange, lab leak theory, the left’s confused immigration policy, and student loan debt

Cukrarna Gallery (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana)

Inauguration of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies on 14 October 2021 with the Inaugural Lecture by Slavoj Žižek.

The pandemic has not only amplified the ego’s visibility obligations—sitting at home, lonely and tired, trying to sprinkle energy on Zoom—but it has transformed the global capitalist order. How does this combination of fatigue and uncontrollable change affect our ability to desire?

Ben, Russell Sbriglia and Matt McManus interviewed Slavoj Žižek about his debate with Jordan Peterson. Producer Forrest joined at the end to ask some audience questions.

This discussion is centered around a new text of Lacanian thought entitled The Desire of Psychoanalysis by Gabriel Tupinambá. A symposium was held on May 7th and May 8th 2021 to elaborate some of the main theoretical issues raised in the text