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ALTONA, LOS ANGELES: FROM THE NEARBY TO THE NEIGHBOR
The neighbor is the (Evil) Thing that potentially lurks beneath every homely human face
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Slavoj Žižek
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NOT ONLY JUSTICE, EVIL ALSO HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE DONE
The living fabric of life is being transformed into the theatrical.
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Slavoj Žižek
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QUANTUM PHYSICS NEEDS PHILOSOPHY, BUT SHOULDN'T TRUST IT
The past is also what failed to happen, what was crushed so that ‘what really happened’ could have occurred.
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Slavoj Žižek
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May 2025

HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN... INHUMAN
The most radical act is to avoid being fascinated by the enemy's humanity.
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Slavoj Žižek
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ABDULLAH OCALAN IS THE MANDELA OF OUR TIME
In such a dark period, signs that give hope are more precious than ever
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Slavoj Žižek
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THE DARK HUMOR OF GIDEON’S CHARIOTS
Public life in Israel is now quite literally in a genocidal grip.
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Slavoj Žižek
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BARZAKH: AN EXERCISE IN MATERIALIST MYSTICISM
Our entire universe, with all its innumerable marvels, thus originates from something no larger than a tiny sesame seed.
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Slavoj Žižek
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LESSONS FROM THE ELECTRICITY BLACKOUT
Humankind remains just another species on the planet Earth, but also all-powerful in self-destruction.
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Slavoj Žižek
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April 2025

YOU
Sometimes we can be surprised when these dynamics change and shift: an analysand explained recently how his sexual desire for his partner disappeared…
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Slavoj Žižek
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THE POPE IS DEAD, ANTI-CHRIST IS ALIVE AND KICKING
Everything—literally everything, perhaps even the fate of our world—hinges on the necessity to assert the parallel between Ukraine and Gaza.
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Slavoj Žižek
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WELCOME TO THE CIVILIZATION OF THE LIAR'S PARADOX
Subjective truth is opposed to factual truth similar to the opposition between hysteria and obsessional neurosis: the first is a truth in the guise of a…
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Slavoj Žižek
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WHY THE REAL DANGER LIES BEYOND THE OBSCENE CLOWN
The master is the one who helps the individual to become subject
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Slavoj Žižek
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