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dinsdag 26 februari 2013

Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Zizek Hosts Most Stressful Oscar Ceremony in Decades

When Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Cleveland Show and director of the “Pitch” segment of Movie 43, had to bow out of his Oscar-hosting duties at the last minute as a result of a mild case of whooping cough, ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences raised eyebrows when they chose Slovenian philosopher Slovoj Zizek at the last minute to sub in as host of the annual ceremony regularly watched by over 40 million Americans. - See more at: HERE

zondag 13 januari 2013

Slavoj Žižek: a philosopher to sing about ^♬ ♪ _♪

The Slovenian thinker, who provokes both right and left with his discourses on society and humanity, is now an inspiration for four new operas. How will he fare at the hands of Covent Garden?

Is Slavoj Zizek a Left-Fascist?

Liberals always say about totalitarians that they like humanity, as such, but they have no empathy for concrete people, no? OK, that fits me perfectly. Humanity? Yes, it's OK – some great talks, some great arts. Concrete people? No, 99 per cent are boring idiots.

(Slavoj Žižek) HERE