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Slavoj Zizek

- News
- 14 Sep 09
Making the Illegal Legal

Israel’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy colonizes the occupied West Bank one settlement at a time. more

vol. 33, iss. 10 international, israel, middle east
- Features
- 13 Jul 09
Iran on the Brink

Warning to the Persian cat: Don’t look down! more

vol. 33, iss. 08
- Views
- 13 Nov 08
Why Cynics Are Wrong

The sublime shock of Obama's victory more

web only culture, elections, obama
- Culture
- 29 Oct 08
Through the Glasses Darkly

What if the between-the-lines Republican message (don't be afraid, there will be no real change) is the true illusion? more

vol. 32, iss. 11 elections, politics
- Views
- 02 Sep 08
The Audacity of Rhetoric

In January, when the United States remembered the tragic death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., an urban… more

vol. 32, iss. 09 obama, race
- Features
- 20 Jun 08
The Ambiguous Legacy of ‘68

Forty years ago, what was revolutionized -- the world or capitalism? more

vol. 32, iss. 07 1960s, economy
- Features
- 03 Dec 07
China’s Valley of Tears

Is authoritarian capitalism the future? more

vol. 31, iss. 12 east asia, theory
- Views
- 06 Nov 07
The Disturbing Sounds of the Turkish March

The true problem with "militaristic humanism" resides not in "militaristic," but in "humanism," in the way a military intervention is presented as humanitarian aid more

web only europe, theory, war
- Features
- 18 May 07
The Dreams of Others

By tying the drama to a mere personal whim, The Lives of Others fails to capture the true horror of the GDR more

vol. 31, iss. 06 europe, movies, theory
- Culture
- 26 Jan 07
In You More Than Yourself

The revolutionary potential of the Internet is far from self-evident more

vol. 31, iss. 02 technology, theory
- Features
- 30 Aug 06
Lets be Realists, Let?s Demand the Impossible!

Why pragmatic politics are doomed to fail in the Middle East more

vol. 30, iss. 09 international, middle east, terrorism, war and peace
- Views
- 11 Apr 06
The Liberal Communists of Porto Davos

In the last decade, Davos and Porto Alegre have emerged as the twin cities of globalization. In Davos, the… more

vol. 30, iss. 04 politics
- Culture
- 27 Jan 06
Jack Bauer and the Ethics of Urgency

The fifth season of "24," the phenomenally successful Fox television series, premiered on January 15. Composed of 24 one-hour… more

vol. 30, iss. 02 civil liberties
- Features
- 20 Oct 05
The Subject Supposed to Loot and Rape

Reality and fantasy in New Orleans more

web only social justice
- Features
- 11 Aug 05
Give Iranian Nukes a Chance

In a mad world, the logic of MAD still works more

web only
- Features
- 19 Jun 05
Thanks, But Well Do It Ourselves

Against enlightened administration more

vol. 29, iss. 16 europe, international
- Features
- 21 May 05
Revenge of Global Finance

When the final installment of the Star Wars series, Revenge of the Sith, brings us the pivotal moment of… more

vol. 29, iss. 14 economy
- Culture
- 08 Apr 05
The Popes Failures

Pope John Paul II’s reaction to Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is well known. Immediately after seeing… more

vol. 29, iss. 12 religion
- Features
- 14 Feb 05
The Not-So-Quiet American

The Iraqi elections appear to authenticate the statement George W. Bush made in his January inauguration speech: “America will… more

vol. 29, iss. 08
- Features
- 05 Nov 04
The Liberal Waterloo

(Or, finally some good news from Washington!) more

web only elections, politics, war in iraq
- Culture
- 23 Sep 04
The Free World ... of Slums

Although Timothy Garton Ash is my political opponent, I’ve always admired his wealth of precise observations and found him… more

vol. 28, iss. 23
- Culture
- 21 May 04
What Rumsfeld Doesnt Know That He Knows About Abu Ghraib

Does anyone still remember the unfortunate Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf? As Saddam’s information minister, he heroically would deny the most… more

vol. 28, iss. 15 civil liberties, war in iraq
- Culture
- 01 May 04
What Does Europe Want?

On May 1, eight new countries were welcomed into the European Union—but which “Europe” will they find there? more

vol. 28, iss. 12
- Culture
- 27 Feb 04
Passion: Regular or Decaf?

Those who virulently criticized Mel Gibson’s The Passion even before its release seem unassailable: Are they not justified to… more

vol. 28, iss. 09 religion, social justice
- Culture
- 21 Jan 04
What Is To Be Done (With Lenin)?

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died on January 21 1924, 80 years ago—does the embarrassed silence over his name mean that… more

vol. 28, iss. 06
- Culture
- 10 Sep 03
Learning To Love Leni Riefenstahl

The life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, who died on Monday at age 101, seems to lend itself to… more

vol. 27, iss. 22
- Culture
- 18 Jul 03
Will You Laugh for Me, Please?

On April 8, Charles R. Douglass, the inventor of canned laughter—the artificial jollity that accompanies comical moments on TV… more

vol. 27, iss. 18
- Culture
- 06 Jun 03
Ideology Reloaded

There is something inherently naïve about taking the “philosophical” underpinning of The Matrix series seriously and discussing its implications.… more

vol. 27, iss. 16
- Culture
- 19 May 03
How Much Democracy Is Too Much?

Democracy is not merely the “power of, by, and for the people.” It is not enough just to claim… more

vol. 27, iss. 14
- Features
- 18 Mar 03
Today, Iraq. Tomorrow ... Democracy?

Much more is at stake in this war than the future of Saddam Hussein more

vol. 27, iss. 10
- Culture
- 28 Feb 03
Catastrophes Real and Imagined

In Minority Report, the Steven Spielberg film based on a Philip K. Dick story, three humans, through monstrous scientific… more

vol. 27, iss. 09
- Culture
- 29 Oct 01
The Desert of the Real

Is this the end of fantasy? more

vol. 25, iss. 24