Thanks for watching and commenting! A quick response: The original interview was two-hour long, and our video format is usually around 20-30 minutes. Due to the length limit, this video is only meant to be a collocation of opinion highlights, instead of a full recording of everything he said. A more comprehensive version of the full interview can be found in the link below, if you can read Chinese (around 20,000 characters) mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIwNTcyMzY1OA==&mid=2247484425&idx=1&sn=ed4e3b830b0ecb19f20d800957e3071c For those who don't read Chinese: after 16:18, he continued to demonstrate why he believes "we are co-responsible for the misery outside" by referring to the refugee crisis in Europe, the war in the middle east and the role of the US. For those who are curious about me: I am Chinese journalist living in Europe. You can follow me on twitter: @qingwang1989

@SyedShoaibMahmood

4 жыл бұрын

This was lovely to watch, thank you!

@Bill-zp2mt

4 жыл бұрын

Great work!

@savagearteconomy

4 жыл бұрын

why not in english !! i cant read chinese

@roxerc

4 жыл бұрын

How many social credit points did you get for this interview? :)

@simetry6477

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work.

Dr. Peterson was literally translated as "Professor Lobster" in the chinese subtitle... LOOOOL

@RabbitConfirmed

3 жыл бұрын

loooool

@martin8313

3 жыл бұрын

madlad translator

@hinteregions

3 жыл бұрын

That is just beautiful XD

@Lambda_Ovine

3 жыл бұрын

For real? LOL, that's awesome

@farrider3339

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I only watched this to see Zizek's new apartment.

@neo69121

4 жыл бұрын

seems like a lit place for intellectual battles

@rimadbih

4 жыл бұрын

LOL How the hell did you know its his.new place? I mean I noticed too but.

@tranzco1173

4 жыл бұрын

​@@rimadbihMy Sherlock Holmes level powers of deduction: Obviously he's living with a woman, because he's wearing clean clothes and has stopped storing them in his empty kitchen cabinets. The place is nicer than his old place, that was shown in ZIZEK! and a VICE interview. He had that huge ugly sofa. His new wife has turned him into a hipster, with a cool apartment complete with turntable.

@rimadbih

4 жыл бұрын

@@tranzco1173 HAHA yeah that sofa of his was ugly as shit

@vic8ball

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like he has his house in order ;-P

"Sex is beautiful, passionate nights, whatever."

@Cdghjryhh

4 жыл бұрын

"And so on and so on" *sniff*

@nicanornunez9787

4 жыл бұрын

Conan it's better

@ivymikebushmann9100

4 жыл бұрын

@RIPMarkESmith she came for younger slavoy

@Sychonut

4 жыл бұрын

Godly

LMAO him furiously pecking at the keyboard with one finger

@ham.ster1997

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO at us cannot write shit

@Sychonut

4 жыл бұрын

And with the left thumb dedicated to Space, haha like that's going to make a difference.

@mohinderkumar7298

4 жыл бұрын

😃😃😁Exactly i too type with one finger. So fast n furious. 😃😃😃

@mohinderkumar7298

4 жыл бұрын

@唐三藏 It shows what ur reified mind expect for u.

@BobanOrlovic

4 жыл бұрын

Everything he ever wrote was from that one finger

1:40 Zizek has mastered the one finger typing.

Slavoj zizek with Chinese Characteristics

@ivymikebushmann9100

4 жыл бұрын

Developed by the taste for...

@Gufberg

3 жыл бұрын

this is the kind of commentary i go to the comment section for

@severinocicerchia7668

3 жыл бұрын

My new political orientation

"I know it's poisonus, but I dont care!"

I never realized his age, I always thought he was a old looking guy in his 50s now he seems like a young 70 yo.

I could listen to Žižek talk about love forever. He has a way of giving this particular subject an extra dose of enthusiasm.

@ince55ant

Жыл бұрын

its like aesthetically very cynical but the substance is super romantic. i love his idea of two partners pairing off thier sex toys so they are free of libidinal obligations, freeing them to ingage each other intellectually

I really enjoy your non-sensationalist style of interviewing. Fantastic work!

@Languslangus

4 жыл бұрын

Whod think jurnalists still do jurnalism.

14:42 Slavoj fears Cthulu

@soulbeats135

4 жыл бұрын

Global warming will awaken cthulu!

@benzur3503

4 жыл бұрын

Christmas Bomber it will make R’lyeh great again

@isadoraarvelos3190

4 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha you had a genial perception

God, slavoj talking about following your dreams broke me to tears

@savagearteconomy

4 жыл бұрын

Nonetheless, he is a 70 year old comrade..Bitch!!

@shenmue249

4 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats

"Expressions of love should be useless." I could see this coming in handy one day 😊

Love his thoughts on marriage and love. Totally agree.

Qing Yang you did a really job interviewing Zizek. The subtitles were helpful even though I speak English, because sometimes he is hard to understand. I think he really respected you and he didn’t wander all over with his answers. So for once Zizek pulled it together and forced himself to simply and directly make his points. Thank you !

That was one of the most beautiful discussions about love anyone would utter these days...This man knows what loving someone means.

If nothing else, I'm amazed at whoever made all the grammar and punctuation choices in the subtitles. That dude, probably not even.a native English speaker, deserves a medal.

This is one of the best clearest interviews with Ziz on youtube.

What the fuck Žižek types with his right index finger one letter at a time 1:40 absolutely insane anybody could maintain his output level like that

His view on marriage made me have a greater respect for him.

Hahaha Žižek back tracked when he called the Chinese state efficient but the subtitles didn’t change lmao

@edwardbackman744

4 жыл бұрын

9:58

@Ari-ne2yb

Жыл бұрын

Bro the fact that this man was reported on Chinese tv while the so-called free American mainstream press refuses to do so speaks for itself. Don't get me wrong, China is most certainly an unfree state. My only point is, so is America (just with the illusion of freedom). Noam Chomsky's Manufactured Consent is a very good deep dive into this subject

This really was an exceptional interview, and having a Chinese interviewer really changed the dynamic - good job!

i didn't finish it yet, but i already can appreciate a brand new interview with the man himself

This is one of the few interviews in which Zizek was able to just be chill and reply to the questions withtout deviating so much haha. I have hust found your channel and I'm here for it! Your interview style is great, thanks for good content!

Thank you for sharing, its really great discussion we have here.

I love this video. The interview questions are well-phrased and the translation is well done. Please upload more videos like this one!

Thanks for this brilliant interview!

Absolutely brilliant! Fantastic talks, thanks to the interviewer and there's not enough admiration we can offer to Mr. Zizek for his wonderful words and insights on various topics. Loved this. ❤

This is a very great interview, good work and thank you for sharing this.

This interview is in bits and pieces.

Great interview. Thank you very much for your hard work Qing.

作为一个齐泽克的爱好者非常喜欢你这样的一篇采访！确实齐泽克很少接受中文媒体的采访，但我也相信我们需要更加了解他

"expressions of love should be useless" hahaha great quote

Good job, you managed to subtitle and maybe translate what zizek said, it's not an easy task, but really worthwhile

thanks for the english subtitle!

This was one of the best interviews of Prof Zizek, ever! Well done!!!

Zizek looks like he had some fun at IKEA

18:27 I've never seen Slavoj agree so intensely with an interviewer's remark before

@koalabear1984

4 жыл бұрын

APSULUTLI

@koalabear1984

4 жыл бұрын

you know *šniff* this reminds me on those communist prapaganda girls *šniff* to keep you happy in socialism

Watching the second half of this 2019 interview with Žižek, listening to his predictions on war and global unrest at the turn of the century around 1900 unfolding itself again in the modern era is bone-chilling in regard to the awful war happening in Europe, Ukraine. Where will this lead us?

Thank you for the subtitles.

This was a really good interview! Happy to find your channel, keep it up, I subscribed! 😊

Very good interview ! Congratulations and thanks a lot!

Every time i am watching zizek I learn something new...

Josip Broz Tito used to say 'i tako dalje, i tako dalje' which translates to "and so on and so on." It's probably an aftereffect of communism.

@janna7777

4 жыл бұрын

And you are from Balkan?Because ja jesam i ne bi rekla da je tvoja teorija točna😅

@DrakesdenChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@janna7777 It's a joke consideting Žižek's socialist views. I'm from Croatia but hardly Balkan. Lots of Croats call themselves Balkan without ever being to actual Balkan countries and seeing the European third world.

@MrDeicide1

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrakesdenChannel Ummm... Croatia is Balkan

Good Interview you just let him talk with no interruptions, this time he summaries his thinking concisely. Normally I cannot understand his English accent, this time you also display his speech as subtitles easier for the viewers to understand him. Also excellent editing, overall good job.

thanks for good content, good luck with everything.

OMG Zizek collects vynil discs... and he has some amazing rock records!

@zxjacko

3 жыл бұрын

lol yeah i was shocked to see Creedence of all things in Zizek's house

@ColtraneTaylor

Жыл бұрын

@@zxjacko More expected than Van Halen.

Every time he touches his nose, he goes one level deeper until he is in the depths of your soul....

Much kudos to the penultimate question from the reader, Zizec has a surprisingly conservative answer to this which really shocked me a bit.

the calmness of the interviewer vs all the nervous ticks etc by Zizek haha. great contrast.. good interview!

Wonderful interview still incredibly informative.

20:02 slavoj appereantly listens to CCR

@UserName-ii1ce

3 жыл бұрын

Fortunate son is kind of a populist anthem isn't it

please release the full video, i need to hear that two hours zizek rambling about something something and so on

Great interview, relevant questions and very concise compilation. Also, the short introduction you gave to each topic for each question was an excellent addition.

great interview!

very nice interview!!

I find this interview refreshing because the answers that Zizek gave were more concise and to the point than any other interview or lecture that he gives. Honestly, I have troubles following his line of thought or keeping a structure in my head, especially when reading his books. At one point he talks about how a gesture of an offer that is to be refused out of politeness is ridden with implications and then it ends with talking about how different countries have different toilets. Illustrating how shit is being flushed out by Kants notion of the the three major european powers.

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of lateral thinking?

@junker154

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nowhy yes, why?

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

@@junker154 because I have no problem to follow his line of thought, especially not in the example that you stated - maybe you are more into structure and squares than me..

Ok I didn't expect slavoj zizek's perspective on love to be so interesting

very nice,very clear and appropriate.

Great work with this interview, thank you for conducting and sharing. It is interesting to hear Zizek's reactions on his debate with Peterson. This are questions we should all be wrestling with - how will we set both our "houses" and the world into a direction where we don't destroy ourselves and where we can live relatively prosperous, decent lives. Unfortunately we also need more than philosophy, here - we need folks who are willing to take on these problems and start presenting some models or alternatives, I think.

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

More models and alternatives when the understanding about the limits of our understanding of them is a bigger problem then all the problems they try to simplify?

@DrDanLawrence

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nowhy What is the limit of our understanding? We have no idea what our limits are. I think we need both philosophy to better frame the questions/problems we face, and practical solutions and models to solve widescale human issues.

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrDanLawrence we? What is that 'we' that you are speaking of? I for my part can accept that there are "things" that I can't understand, as a matter of fact, I think that real understanding of personal things, not practical things, always involves an understanding of what cannot be understood. I am not a fan of that which is called philosophy, especially if it is about models and solutions to problems that might not be problems at all. Uncertainty asks for commitment...

@DrDanLawrence

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nowhy By "we" I mean humans, in the above context. Sure, it's wise to accept that you might not know something, but we don't want to throw in the towel and assume that we will never understand anything. Interesting thoughts. There are limitless directions to explore inside ourselves and outside ourselves. But why place an arbitrary cap on what humans can understand? In the last couple hundred years we've found out that the universe is massively larger than we ever imagined. We're learning new things, collectively, all the time. Who knows what's just around the next corner? No one, yet.

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrDanLawrence again, what do you mean with "we". What is a human? A Homo? A Homo Sapiens? Are you a Homo or a Homo Sapiens? A wise human? Are humans wise from a biological or scientific standpoint? And who gives you the right to speak for all humans? I don't consent that you speak for me and make assumptions on my behalf. This isn't scientific except if science is magical thinking - maybe you made a presupposition that we can in an absolute sense understand anything. Well, do you understand yourself? The last question was a rhetorical question and I don't want an answer, but maybe you want to answer that for yourself and judge yourself. If you don't want to do that and still want to judge all humans, then maybe this is a case of megalomania/narcissism, but this is just an idea or a model of how to look at it and can't be actuality itself for it is in the realm of language - the psychology of the past is about death and has limits when the future comes "into play". I for my part don't see life as part of a game and hate when people play with humans and playing with humans was done a lot in the last century (modern psychology, *throw up*), especially when there was a war (which is not so funny like playing chess for example). Games are interesting, like science or philosophy, but never important, what is important is you! Well, the meaning of that word importance is getting lost more and more in a world where responsibility is given away and seen as something boring to throw away in a childish attempt to make oneself interesting. One does not need to be a parent to see that a child is important for it has value in its potential and yet, in the eyes of society, it has nothing to offer yet for it can't make money… This reminds me of a song: Little Eskimo Jesus - Keep on trying… Or AWOL ONE - Old babies You say that there are limitless directions to explore. Did it occur to you that there is a POSSIBILITY that there are limits to what can be explored? As a reminder, the earth has a fixed mass as long as no material is "thrown" into it or brought into it like humans did from the moon for instance. (Yes it bothers me that 20% of Americans believe that humans were never on the moon. That percentage is rising..) Ever tried to understand the meaning of the word entropy? You know, the more we know about a system, the less we can be certain that our knowledge is precise. I heard an astronomer/physicist say (on a Joe Rogan Podcast), after he described our theoretical knowledge superbly, that he is a bit sad that it seems like we only have like 1% left of what we can't explain and then proceeded to go into philosophy which he had no clue about. At that point he became an idiot to me for he didn't get that 1%, or to be clear 0.00000000000(infinite)1% can be greater than 99.99999999(infinite)%. (I gave my direct thoughts as a comment on that video which probably is lost in the sea of the interesting aka. the funny aka. the destructive… Hmm - the upvote and downvote system from KZread is about what is popular (see the bullshit on KZread trending) and people who want to be seen as something are only interested in what is popular - oh the irony in a world more and more devoid of personality and originality - billions lost in imitation. Heck, I am clueless about how much more suffering in war, like in WW2, humans need to see/feel that fascism/totalitarianism/bullshit in all its forms is destructive and meaningless and leads to barbarism, that which was before the written history, that which repeats if humans don't learn from history. China or Japan have a crazy history of war on their own as can be seen in that video on KZread 'the history of the world in 20 minutes'. As a warning, that video has many holes and is not what actually happened, it is just a story.. Well, don't ask me what actually happened, I wasn't there and could only offer other stories.) please excuse my detour and rant. Here is a poem as a compensation: Phil Kaye - Repetition I don't place anything arbitrary anywhere and I am not talking about theoretical randomness at all. If we really learned so much about the universe, then why are there huge discrepancies in our theoretical knowledge which wanna-be scientists have no clue about while being very sensible and clever? Like for instance the theoretical/mathematical problem between the Higgs Boson field and Dark Energy? The same can be seen in every science, like biology for instance. The more we seem to know about a cell the more lost we become looking at the sea trying to find a single water droplet. Or how Darwin's theory of evolution can explain micro-changes in species but lacks any insight in macro-changes. Looking back isn't the same as looking forward… It's always the same, the closer one thinks to be at the source of anything/everything, the further away one gets. And the sad thing is, the one looking can't even laugh about his own stupidity for asking the wrong question. The story of the one great, all knowing, sensible, intelligent idiot that is always right. To bad that the kind and sensitive tinman has no heart, the intelligent scarecrow no brain and the cowardly lion no courage. I have a real simple question for you to check if you get what I am getting at: Can a fixed wheel turn to the left and right simultaneously?

Great interview

Really brilliant.

It'd be very nice if you upload all the interview :) Anyway, thx.

感谢🙏

Slavoj Z... A man with many super powers: getting a runny nose from talking about philosophy, saying 'and so on and so on' after everything, and typing with one finger.

А great reporter with the right questions I'm tired of this shity Vice and so on and so on (see what i did there)

@pb6270

4 жыл бұрын

What? How were the questions any good at all and what made her a great reporter?

very nice interview.

She lets him actually speak, that alone is impressive by today's interviewing standards

Amazing Zizek.

She's so cuuuuuute 😖😖😖😖

Slavoj is hot. She is clever.

@lupo-femme

4 жыл бұрын

And you're sexy

@georgepantzikis7988

4 жыл бұрын

S P I C Y

@Hermes_45762

4 жыл бұрын

@@sam-xw2vf Excuse me？

@xanon4210

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hermes_45762 He said he's horny. And how are you today?

Can you upload the whole interview? Some parts are missing.

Cockta is a great soda. I usually don't drink sodas, but I have a house in Croatia and every time I go there on vacation I suddenly become a soda drinker. I'm glad I don't know where to get it in Austria, so I can enjoy it every now and then without feeling too bad about myself.

@invisuu6280

4 жыл бұрын

As a Slovenian...what kind of Austrian are you, that you don't drink Almdudler?! Every time I go to Austria I buy some Almdudler. And like you, I also almost never drink soda. :)

You won a new subscriber

Brilliant (and beautiful) interviewer.

Best Žižek interview

the interviewer is very polite

Good interview

Upload full interview please - why not?

Love the huge “STALIN” book behind him.

@reesepuffs3518

4 жыл бұрын

Know thy enemy

I really like Zizek taking

Could someone please tell me what is the title of the text Zizek mentioned at the end of the interview on the possible liberating impact of going on a shopping spree?

Great interview but sadly way too short...

Nice 👍

I want to marry someone like zizek

@Thewonderingminds

4 жыл бұрын

porqua marriage mon chery ?

@monamoore5471

4 жыл бұрын

@MrZapparin Whuh?!!😒

@Ali-lm7uw

4 жыл бұрын

@@monamoore5471 lol

Nice to see he’s a credence fan. The dude abides

Great interview except we didn’t get to hear him finish the outside the cupola explanation. Although I’m sure it’s something along the lines of what Noam Chomsky has pointed out before.

censored the answer about dealing with the 2/3rds of people outside the cupola...what did he say!!!?

@jasa_m7990

4 жыл бұрын

he makes the cupola analogy in many interviews

I agree most of what he said but I can't agree that happiness, in the sense of longing for a satisfying and comfortable life, is a sort of output of capitalism. Examining deeply inside of ourselves and finding out a vocation at Weberian sense, or conceiving that someday every individual will become a philosopher as Marx depicted, is an extravagant hope for the mass. It is an ethereal dream of intellectuals.

Cupola penetration commentary censored after 16:01 WHAT DID HE SAY?

@lostcause1281

4 жыл бұрын

@Di Fox You can read the whole article in English using Google Translate, by simply copying the URL address in Google Translate. Here is the link form GT with the English version of that article - translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmp.weixin.qq.com%2Fs%3F__biz%3DMzIwNTcyMzY1OA%3D%3D%26mid%3D2247484425%26idx%3D1%26sn%3Ded4e3b830b0ecb19f20d800957e3071c

was this actually aired on chinese television? He did take a jab at the a couple core elements of modern chinese society like the linkage of identity, payment through phones and moral social record which can get you banned from using trains and airplanes

Don't feel bad about yourself if you're not reading all the time. Zizek has the Lewis DVD box set

“Expressions of love should be useless .”👀

What's the best Chinese philosopher who is alive today and speak English ?

@davidfinch2478

4 жыл бұрын

@yggh yh bgf perhaps you are a little sensitive. He probably wanted to read it and only reads English

@askaichin

4 жыл бұрын

@yggh yh bgf chutiya spotted

@KitCalder

4 жыл бұрын

@yggh yh bgf He asks which Chinese philosopher who speaks English is the best; this in no way implies that the best Chinese philosopher must speak English.

@vanviccardi7553

4 жыл бұрын

Yuk Hui.

@fuaka1343

4 жыл бұрын

Wang Hui is not bad but he is more like a historian

He types like my grandfather.

@Nowhy

4 жыл бұрын

Well he is 70... It takes practice to type 10 finger style and for some it is more about the quality of their writing then how fast they can write... Kinda like composing music.

Chinese language is so mellifluous 😍

@ironfortitude9817

4 жыл бұрын

Japanese is superior in that regard.

@MrManifolder

4 жыл бұрын

@@ironfortitude9817 It's largely subjective. I like them both and think they are different enough to have difficulty picking one.

2:11 it reads as "Cola War" because of chinese subs. huh.

Qué mundo más raro nos está tocando vivir.

"And also I am very worried about something in the oceans in the depth of the oceans..." You don't say Slavoj, just write an new book about it:)😂