Slavoj Žižek discusses his latest book, "Violence" @ Google's New York office.
From Wikipidea:
"Slavoj Žižek is a Post-Marxist sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic. In 1989, with the publication of his first book written in English, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Žižek achieved international recognition as a major social theorist. Since then, Žižek he has continued to develop his status as an intellectual outsider and confrontational maverick.
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, London Consortium, Princeton, 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 College, University of London"
This event took place on September 12, 2008. (from youtube)
6 Comments
radxsays...Ah, i was just about to sift this as well. Good stuff!
Farhad2000says...Oh I love this guy, the Perverts Guide to Cinema is just great.
"Oh my god, am even thinking like Melanie now... you know what am thinking? That I want to fuck Mitch"
I fell off my couch laughing.
kulpimssays...^Perverts Guide to Cinema is fun to watch, makes you see some of the great movie scenes from a totaly different perspective
vairetubesays...i made it to 42:42 only, before I decided to get high/masturbate/watch Trailer Park Boys... but from what I heard, I will describe this man and his talk as: "fuckin awesome".
Put it on while you do some chores and listen; insightful and honest.
mauz15says...*talks
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Talks) - requested by mauz15.
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