All 39 articles by Slavoj Žižek

  • 23 Nov 10
  • Views

    Barbarism With A Human Face

    The recent expulsion oF illegal Roma ("Gypsies") from France back to Romania sparked protests across Europe from both... MORE »

  • 29 Oct 08
  • Culture

    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 »

  • 02 Sep 08
  • Views

    The Audacity of Rhetoric

    In January, when the United States remembered the tragic death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., an... MORE »

  • 18 May 07
  • Features

    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 »

  • 08 Apr 05
  • Culture

    The Popes Failures

    Pope John Paul II’s reaction to Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is well known.... MORE »

  • 14 Feb 05
  • Features

    The Not-So-Quiet American

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

  • 23 Sep 04
  • Culture

    The Free World ... of Slums

    Although Timothy Garton Ash is my political opponent, I’ve always admired his wealth of precise observations and... MORE »

  • 01 May 04
  • Culture

    What Does Europe Want?

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

  • 27 Feb 04
  • Culture

    Passion: Regular or Decaf?

    Those who virulently criticized Mel Gibson’s The Passion even before its release seem unassailable: Are they not... MORE »

  • 18 Jul 03
  • Culture

    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... MORE »

  • 06 Jun 03
  • Culture

    Ideology Reloaded

    There is something inherently naïve about taking the “philosophical” underpinning of The Matrix series seriously and discussing... MORE »