Slavoj Žižek

Biography

A Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis. Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a professor at the European Graduate School. He has been a visiting professor at, among others, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, London Consortium, Princeton, New York University, The New School, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Irvine and the University of Michigan. He is currently the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. Žižek uses examples from popular culture to explain the theory of Jacques Lacan and uses Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist economic criticism to interpret and speak extensively on immediately current social phenomena.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Bliss (2021) — Slavoj Žižek
2. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) — Self - Host / Philosopher
3. The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) — Self - Host / Philosopher
4. Risk (2017) — Self
5. Houston, We Have a Problem! (2016) — Self
6. Žižek! (2005) — Self
7. Examined Life (2008) — Self
8. Catastroika (2012) — Self
9. Great Minds (2021) — Self
10. Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual (2004) — Self
11. The Possibility of Hope (2007) — Self
12. Newsnight (1980) — Self
13. Predictions of Fire (1996) — Self
14. Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself (1996) — Self
15. Marx Reloaded (2011) — Self
16. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009) — Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
17. Balkan Spirit (2013) — Self - Philosopher
18. Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin (1997) — Himself
19. Q&A (2008) — Self - Panellist
20. Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism (2019) — Self
21. Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait (2009) — Self
22. Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018) — Self
23. Laibach ‎– A Film from Slovenia (1993) — Himself
24. Antigone, How Dare We! (2020) — Himself
25. Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism (2019) — Self
26. Alice, Through the Looking (2021) — Self
27. The Old and the New (1997) — Himself
28. Bravo: Laibach in Film (1993) — Himself
29. There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People (2013) — Himself (archive footage)
30. The New Man (2016) — Self
31. Hyperstition (2015) — Self
32. The Swap (2016) — Self (voice)
33. Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography (2019) — Himself
34. Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy (2008)
35. Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek (2024) — himself
36. An Apology for Modernity (2021) — Himself
37. The Title Was Shot (2009) — Self (archive footage) (voice)
38. The Pervert's Guide to Utopias
39. Parola (su una data) (2003)
40. Deep Thought (2023) — self