Slavoj Žižek: On Corbyn, the election, Brexit and fake news

Philosopher Slavoj Zizek explains his views on the impending general election, the future of the left, the role of fake news, LGBT rights, the coming insignificance of the European Union and miracles.
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  • @FranciscoSmirsley
    @FranciscoSmirsley6 жыл бұрын

    "Are we aware of how much violence goes on just to keep things going on the way they are ?" You got to love this man...

  • @griffinsdad9820

    @griffinsdad9820

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @luckyswine

    @luckyswine

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's the sort of statement that rarely gets on the TV these days.

  • @JeffreySchwinghammer

    @JeffreySchwinghammer

    5 жыл бұрын

    What does this line mean to you?

  • @griffinsdad9820

    @griffinsdad9820

    5 жыл бұрын

    Makes me think of so many things and this is the problem to me. The expansiveness of violence in all it's flavors. This Baskin Robbins of violence served up ""just to keep things going" and so on and so on... Seriously tho, it kinda makes me think of chapter 11 the 9 situations in Sun Tzu Art of War. They're all interesting but I keep my optimism focused on 8, difficult ground. Basically, try to master myself n do my compassionate best letting nobody mistake me for prey. Cuz there's so much interplay with violence, what kind of violence, n to what extent that there's no easy way. I'm no acedemic. I'm just an average blue collar person but I do try n stay interested n enjoy Zizek quite a bit. I really like his almost diy approach. In a way he reminds me of the writer Don Delillo. Basically I feel he is trying to soften us up n help get us involved with the world we forget we share and so on and so on

  • @RohitGupta-rs5un

    @RohitGupta-rs5un

    5 жыл бұрын

    Looks like he has been in a communist gulag

  • @lemonjuice3551
    @lemonjuice35512 жыл бұрын

    I can't help but smile at how Cathy tries to corner him on controversial views but Slavoj just blasts off on a philosophical meta-analysis of the question or a political tangent. His passion and lateral thinking just totally dominates the whole interview 😝

  • @ryanfinnerty6239

    @ryanfinnerty6239

    Жыл бұрын

    Most accurate comment lol

  • @krishshah3974

    @krishshah3974

    Жыл бұрын

    fax lol

  • @WanderingExistence

    @WanderingExistence

    Жыл бұрын

    It's so annoying to hear her agenda latent questions and rarely ever a thoughtful understanding of what he's saying before she retorts with her pearls clutched about trying to be provocative when making a subtle but deep point.

  • @laurencedavey3121

    @laurencedavey3121

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WanderingExistence Agreed, I'm not sure whether she's stupid or just doing a really good job job of pretending.

  • @mdaddy775

    @mdaddy775

    Жыл бұрын

    And his fans haven’t launched a brutal crusade against her, unlike a different guy’s fans

  • @MrJohnybirchall
    @MrJohnybirchall4 жыл бұрын

    Not only, coming over speaking English(his non native language).... he is speaking Welsh, simultaneously... what a guy.

  • @3hutp

    @3hutp

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @Ujuani68

    @Ujuani68

    2 жыл бұрын

    AND he says 'S' like Sylvester the Cat...🤦‍♂️🤣😖

  • @ekLuca

    @ekLuca

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOOOOOL i died, love from sLOVEnija!

  • @brandonkelly5520

    @brandonkelly5520

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @slavenskazajednica7912

    @slavenskazajednica7912

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahhaha thats very funny.

  • @roadtomanitoba9753
    @roadtomanitoba97534 жыл бұрын

    "Here I'm Hegelian, you know" No, she doesn't.

  • @ThepigandThemonkey

    @ThepigandThemonkey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you? Explain to me what hegelian means?

  • @ThepigandThemonkey

    @ThepigandThemonkey

    4 жыл бұрын

    @menckencynic yeah but I'm not asking you, I'm asking him.

  • @xminteee300

    @xminteee300

    4 жыл бұрын

    @menckencynic People would probably listen to you a lot more if you didn't come across as so arrogant.

  • @patrickrichmond6531

    @patrickrichmond6531

    4 жыл бұрын

    @menckencynic how do you make sense of it ?

  • @xminteee300

    @xminteee300

    4 жыл бұрын

    menckencynic Just because you’re right, doesn’t mean you’re not being an intolerable arsehole. You come across as incredibly self-centered, arrogant and narcissistic, even if you are the expert on philosophy you claim to be. If you were truly knowledgeable you’d know that love is wise and hatred is foolish, but you seem to be full of hatred.

  • @OttoWolfable
    @OttoWolfable5 жыл бұрын

    love that he did this interview in a greasy polo shirt.

  • @theharbingerofconflation

    @theharbingerofconflation

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have seen him in a total of 5 shirts. I think it's all he owns, not kidding, 5 shirts, 2 pants, maybe 2 or 3 jackets, a large shelf overflowing with books, two couches, a streetgrab-coffeetable, a stalin poster for comedic value, a tv and an old desktop computer. That is as far as I've seen legit all he owns. He has a toilet and shower but I think that belongs to his landlord. I hope he takes all his money some day, buys a boat and rides off in the sunset.

  • @am5790

    @am5790

    4 жыл бұрын

    shtick is working for him

  • @tubevalve8366

    @tubevalve8366

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was well prepared for camera and his polo shirt was ideally clean and fresh in the beginning of the interview, his spitting technique caused spots, not grease.

  • @RangeRov49

    @RangeRov49

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a mix of drool and grease. You can see the wet spots grow over the course of the interview!

  • @lunaridge4510

    @lunaridge4510

    4 жыл бұрын

    The shirt is not greasy! It looks like it but if you pay attention to what appears to be grease, you'll see that the spots move and expand. *It is sweat!* And you are not being nice or helpful.

  • @DrewFarmie2
    @DrewFarmie27 жыл бұрын

    i wish people in these comments (and all over the internet) would stop mocking Zizek's mannerisms and tics and instead, start listening to more of his imaginative and insightful political analysis.

  • @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    7 жыл бұрын

    Drew Farmer he advocates accelerationism i disagree

  • @rodya10

    @rodya10

    7 жыл бұрын

    But accelerationism has already been happening since ’01 in various forms. Shouldn’t we examine how to deal with it?

  • @ixian_technocrat

    @ixian_technocrat

    7 жыл бұрын

    But it's his mannerisms that have ascended him to meme-hood *sniff*.

  • @jamalcalypse

    @jamalcalypse

    6 жыл бұрын

    *sniff* I would prefer not to...

  • @mikenowacki9729

    @mikenowacki9729

    6 жыл бұрын

    dont worry they just have shit for brains

  • @MatthiasvTrigt
    @MatthiasvTrigt3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having 40 whole minutes of time to talk to Slavoj, and you're such a liberal you spend all your questions asking about civility. Such a waste.

  • @otto_jk

    @otto_jk

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what the English do

  • @SamTheCrazyOne

    @SamTheCrazyOne

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tbh I wouldnt know what to ask him

  • @benjaminwalker7793

    @benjaminwalker7793

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SamTheCrazyOne my first question would have to be his thoughts on Diogenes!

  • @user-gk9pl6vl5v

    @user-gk9pl6vl5v

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would start by asking "Stuff happens, stuff happens here and there, and so on, and so forth, you agree?"

  • @ennuiii

    @ennuiii

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think she did her job well, I think challenging slavoj to further elucidate some of his perceived contentious points actually showed his genius behind the character well to a more average watcher.

  • @loudthedreamer8401
    @loudthedreamer84014 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the way in which this man unapologetically speaks his mind.

  • @eduardop8104

    @eduardop8104

    Жыл бұрын

    lol... grow up homie... make some ideas of your own... don't believe this stupid commie

  • @GabrielConstantinides

    @GabrielConstantinides

    11 ай бұрын

    now imagine how much you would love yourself if you did the same

  • @janegerrard1073
    @janegerrard10735 жыл бұрын

    Zizek is so many steps ahead of her that she thinks he's crazy.

  • @wyleong4326

    @wyleong4326

    3 жыл бұрын

    All crazy people are ahead of their time. I don’t know if it’s karmic for them or the people their with... bless Cathy, she knows not what she knows not.

  • @adnica1

    @adnica1

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is why humane society is going down when you people beloved to such nonsense , it’s sad ...

  • @DarkLionInteractive

    @DarkLionInteractive

    3 жыл бұрын

    He IS crazy... I mean, he's the good kind of crazy, maybe (I say `maybe` because I'm just starting to get into him, so I don't know what my stance is yet) even the kind of crazy the world needs, but c'mon, he IS crazy XD

  • @lizs606

    @lizs606

    3 жыл бұрын

    Zizek: "This is how Trump gets elected." Cathy: *changes the subject at the speed of light* "well uh anyway, about that GB election hehe"

  • @josie3221

    @josie3221

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think they get along fairly well honestly

  • @bluegender2005
    @bluegender20055 жыл бұрын

    Zizek explaining homosexuality: ”If I am gay, I am a man, who wants to do it with men!”

  • @liamlyons6645

    @liamlyons6645

    4 жыл бұрын

    Profound 🤔

  • @Bewmbshakalaka

    @Bewmbshakalaka

    4 жыл бұрын

    you know?

  • @GingerDrums

    @GingerDrums

    4 жыл бұрын

    and so on and so on

  • @jasmineluxemburg6200

    @jasmineluxemburg6200

    4 жыл бұрын

    He likes to be provocative! So ?

  • @TonyRD

    @TonyRD

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is making a difference between trasgender and homosexuality. To state that he is aware of the difference

  • @ThordunnHeat
    @ThordunnHeat2 жыл бұрын

    "If you’re too well accepted, you’re not doing a good job, you should always be ahead of your time. When your critics and readers agree with you, you're not quite there." - Charles Bukowski.

  • @fynntasticmovienight
    @fynntasticmovienight4 жыл бұрын

    I think hes the most pure and ultimate optimist. He clearly cares a lot about these topics and through bringing them to light (embracing the hopelessness) he hopes to solve them

  • @NinthSettler

    @NinthSettler

    Жыл бұрын

    nah, he's like "maybe if humanity survives the imminent catastrophes of the mid 21st century there will be a bright future but i don't think so"

  • @feminist_reviews_slimefemi1931

    @feminist_reviews_slimefemi1931

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s a pessimist by admission

  • @ff-qf1th

    @ff-qf1th

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NinthSettler The whole point of saying this is that we should not put our trust in hope, instead, we must act to constantly change society to meet the needs of these challenges

  • @stottification
    @stottification6 жыл бұрын

    "I think I was deeply right." - Slavoj Žižek

  • @LosBerkos

    @LosBerkos

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well-deserved gravitas.

  • @alesiswhite9010

    @alesiswhite9010

    Жыл бұрын

    (He was)

  • @galileogalilei9297
    @galileogalilei92975 жыл бұрын

    *Peterson:* Chaos is a gaping pit, waiting to swallow us all. *Žižek:* Chaos is a ladder.

  • @rishik7665

    @rishik7665

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually peterson in another interview says (from what i could gather) that "chaos" isn't inherently bad or that order isn't necessarily "good" but that the balance of both is much needed

  • @anticapitalist-pig

    @anticapitalist-pig

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@rishik7665 Peterson is a Conservative Post-modernist and thus his opinions mean nothing.

  • @Ruffday4u

    @Ruffday4u

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anticapitalist-pig everyones oppinion matters my friend.

  • @alexluna2054

    @alexluna2054

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Ruffday4uyes, dissmissing conflicting opinions is what greatly divides us

  • @Ruffday4u

    @Ruffday4u

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexluna2054 you put it in a far more elequent way

  • @nickyc98
    @nickyc983 жыл бұрын

    “I will not go further into this madness” *goes further into the madness*

  • @Luutz
    @Luutz3 жыл бұрын

    zizek is literally that one dude at the pub that for some reasone knows everything about everthing and you talk with about the reason of mass concumption of meat for 4 hours and dont know why.... you just have to love the dude

  • @ILoveMagic15
    @ILoveMagic155 жыл бұрын

    I hate how the interviewer gets hung up on these minor superficial things like how something he has said may be offensive to some people. Why focus on his provocative style and not on his ideas?

  • @sedeslav

    @sedeslav

    5 жыл бұрын

    For focusing on ideas one must have a capacity to do that :)

  • @JaysEpiphany

    @JaysEpiphany

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's provocative because he knows the MSM will report on provocative. Cathy Newman, an establishment-minded reporter, will go on about that stuff.

  • @shaquevara

    @shaquevara

    5 жыл бұрын

    I first thought it might serve the purpose of giving Zizek a chance to clarify some points and clear some misunderstandings, but after 10 minutes I was convinced she was just daft.

  • @DBSpeakers

    @DBSpeakers

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think it's fair journalism. If somebody's said something unusual, it's worth asking questions about it. She doesn't try to put words in his mouth or talk over him like some pundits might try.

  • @HelderP1337

    @HelderP1337

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because that's how the far leftists operate.

  • @chagoyaman
    @chagoyaman5 жыл бұрын

    "Here im dirty and manipulative" Instant classic

  • @FabulousResults
    @FabulousResults3 жыл бұрын

    His point about Corbyn and how Labour would split was spot on, reading the reports about how higher-ups within his own party sabotaged their candidates just so he would lose was abhorrent, and they did it to preserve the centrist system which will prevent any major change.

  • @Thanatos6

    @Thanatos6

    Жыл бұрын

    Labour should always remain centre. Not left. Corbyn is proof that taking Labour to the left will be the party's own downfall. The left and the right are all full of corruption and nonsense. Best to be centre and moderate instead of encouraging people with extreme views to influence the majority who are tolerant and moderate.

  • @AlbertoDG

    @AlbertoDG

    Жыл бұрын

    It will not prevent change, it has made it more violent because now you will have more far-righters in politics. Change will come, at a greater expense. It's like interest in credit, if you don't pay today (have a real social change) you will pay it tomorrow with more costs.

  • @tayt_

    @tayt_

    10 ай бұрын

    Weird, it’s almost like Marx was right 😂

  • @edyfung893
    @edyfung8934 жыл бұрын

    Zizek: this banana looks less rotten than the orange Newman: So you are a banana fetish for the entire 40 minutes

  • @HumanTypewriter

    @HumanTypewriter

    2 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @qefewfwdcwdc

    @qefewfwdcwdc

    Жыл бұрын

    not everyone knows zizek and they often lack context. newman makes it easier for the viewer to understand zizek. now fk you wannabe intellectual

  • @almaji666
    @almaji6664 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Newman: Can't handle right, can't handle left

  • @InfectedoOG

    @InfectedoOG

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the problem with these types of people. Granted, in Cathy's case it's sort of her job to sort of trigger the interviewee, but she's just looking at stuff to be "outraged" or to correct people who know far more about the subject than she does.

  • @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065

    @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was hating on her but now I started to understand her, she's not that bad, she makes her guest defend his positions which is a good thing, because we'll see her guest's arguments and see if his/her opinions are worth anything

  • @otterhero6229

    @otterhero6229

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065 yeah exactly the arguments needs to be confronted so that he can argue in favour of it. I applaud her for trying to pick apart what he's saying as it makes him prove his points in a clearer way.

  • @brockcharz2104

    @brockcharz2104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dry Saliva no what she does is directly misrepresented what someone said just to catch them off, this is dishonest, and a horrible journalist tactic

  • @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065

    @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@brockcharz2104 she asks him about something and he answers, sometimes she misunderstands obviously because she isn't zizek, but she chose the parts she found interesting or need explanation and asked zizek about them, nothing is dishonest about that, zizek has the time and the leisure to reply and the audience have the opportunity to listen.

  • @wtfizzjus
    @wtfizzjus5 жыл бұрын

    "We tend to only see the violence of change, but are we aware how much violence goes on just to keep things the way they are?"

  • @kxam2

    @kxam2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Genius

  • @theodentherenewed4785

    @theodentherenewed4785

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes, that's so true. The reason is that, when there's a change, violence happens in the central place, it happens to the middle class. But when maintaining the status quo, it is the frontier, the dregs of society who experience it.

  • @michaelharrison3602

    @michaelharrison3602

    Жыл бұрын

    So you heard what he was saying. What do you want? a parade

  • @amrsherif3409

    @amrsherif3409

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theodentherenewed4785 if by "middle class" you mean north america and eu and the "the dregs" you mean african and asian people then yea sure just cuz you dont see child labor in asia doesnt mean it doesnt exist

  • @fofopho
    @fofopho2 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Newman interviewed Jordan Peterson the same way, but I think it is interesting how these two men dealt with her twisting of their words in hugely different ways. Peterson almost seemed to make it a competition where he would demonstrate his rhetorical supremacy over her as a verbal combatant. Zizek seemed to treat her most hostile and probing questions with a sort of dignity and respect. He didn't see her as an adversary. Obviously he didn't score a viral slam dunk on her like Peterson did, but I'm not sure that that is a goal worth aiming for tbh.

  • @luowilson7536

    @luowilson7536

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zizek doesn't find confrontation or winning interesting, his goal is always more about getting people to reflect on his idea, that's different kind of intelligence, even his advisory got to admit that they are incapable of stopping him from doing that.

  • @puracaxa

    @puracaxa

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought 💭 the same while I was watching, well said! And kudos to Zizek for not falling into sterile arguments with the presenters agenda, and just taking it with humour and moving on to state his points. I’ve never seen anyone taking casually been compared with Hitler, he just didn’t fell for it and moved on to get his points through.

  • @CPSPD

    @CPSPD

    Жыл бұрын

    Yesss it was so refreshing! He didn’t get stuck at all. The questions were intentionally annoying at first and he handled them so gracefully that the interview took a very clear and elevated form from both sides. To do so in a secondary language is also remarkable.

  • @dimetriwatt7334

    @dimetriwatt7334

    Жыл бұрын

    All i see here is Humans and the need for comparison, also the need to make one seem superior. We are truly interesting creatures.

  • @valco7981

    @valco7981

    Жыл бұрын

    I think she was a lot more rude with JP, just out to get him, but he handled her like a pro. Both, Zizek and Peterson a brilliant in their own way even if the don't agree on every subject. They do agree on identity politics though, which is a big issue.

  • @kontekkontek
    @kontekkontek3 жыл бұрын

    8:29 he coughs in a funny way 8:58 some mysterious message of Cathy 9:14 he looks at her with obvious intention

  • @edwardjarvis3442

    @edwardjarvis3442

    3 жыл бұрын

    The last one 😼

  • @user-my9hm7jn5b

    @user-my9hm7jn5b

    3 жыл бұрын

    15:41 Beautiful double sniff.

  • @TheBomber15

    @TheBomber15

    2 жыл бұрын

    24:45 to 24:52 was the good stuff…

  • @mateobultinck1260

    @mateobultinck1260

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why did this make me laugh so hard hahaha

  • @mateobultinck1260

    @mateobultinck1260

    2 жыл бұрын

    24:48 he responds in Jabba the Hutt's native tongue

  • @manetarofl
    @manetarofl5 жыл бұрын

    People say that every cynical person is actually a disappointed idealist. Slavoj talks alot about hopelessness but when he talks you can notice he's a very hopeful person. It's always a treat to hear him talk.

  • @anticapitalist-pig

    @anticapitalist-pig

    Жыл бұрын

    "I believe in miracles" - A pessimist, apparently.

  • @zanaoyunsuvd1665

    @zanaoyunsuvd1665

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@anticapitalist-pigwhen you run out of hope there is a miracle.

  • @fajarsetiawan8665
    @fajarsetiawan86655 жыл бұрын

    "You were right, Fukuyama. Capitalism did win. But admit it that ex-communists or left-wingers are the best managers of capitalism." -Zizek

  • @LykABoss007

    @LykABoss007

    4 жыл бұрын

    @menckencynic Ying and Yang my friend, keep everything in balance. Nothing wrong with mixing ideologies for better ideas, Capitalism has been a good little catalyst in growth and now it's time to put a leash on it with some socialist ideas?

  • @kungolaf4499

    @kungolaf4499

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LykABoss007 Mixed economies in the Nordic Countries have the most happy and well educated people on the planet. Highest HDI levels, lowest corruption levels, highest rates of societal trust (police, emergency services, health and education services). On the other hand superpowers like US with overheated and polarized markets feel the need to exist since superpower spheres of interest still continue to exist. They still need overheated and polarized consumerist markets to arm massive arsenals that assert their legitimacy. The least the rest of the West can do is assert the new European sociocultural legacy and solidarity (consumer protection, standardization politics, development aid). If EU can't get out of its power compromised limbo and unite in foreign policy that means. China, Russia and to some extent US are all working for the break-up of EU (all the more reason for the EU for *not to breakup* ).

  • @LykABoss007

    @LykABoss007

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kungolaf4499 Yes, but you forget to take into consideration the long history and culture of these countries which if you compare to the US is less violent and discriminatory as well as on a much smaller scale. The EU is a corrupt organisation behind closed doors, we all know it.

  • @lysergidedaydream5970

    @lysergidedaydream5970

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Chester mandvol Treatment stratified according to need seems preferable to treatment stratified according to ability to pay, no? Especially with something like healthcare, I would think.

  • @conforzo

    @conforzo

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kungolaf4499 Yeah, Im from one of those countries, not everything is like the polls say...

  • @tourzrap
    @tourzrap4 жыл бұрын

    “It’s an honour for me thank you...” “That’s...fantastic”

  • @arkadiusztrzesniewski4237
    @arkadiusztrzesniewski42372 жыл бұрын

    2 years from Brexit and Brits are out of fuel. Well said Mr. Zizek, well said.

  • @bojanstare8667

    @bojanstare8667

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not just fuel. Stores are the same as those in SSSR before end of 80-ies. Empty stores aren`t matter of socialism, but matter of economic blockade of country. Look at Venezuela. Even in Venezuela are people more literate than in the US.

  • @m0nZt3r

    @m0nZt3r

    Жыл бұрын

    whole world is out of fuel, dumbo

  • @nomadliving2212

    @nomadliving2212

    Жыл бұрын

    Britain will be fine

  • @davidwasilewski

    @davidwasilewski

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nomadliving2212 Agreed. Still the 5th biggest economy in the world and millions still hitching and walking across the EU and then risking their lives to cross the channel to try to come and settle here. Can’t be that bad then can it?

  • @qefewfwdcwdc

    @qefewfwdcwdc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nomadliving2212 yea dweeb, britain will be fine as long as europe trades with them. britain is nothing without EU AND if the EU falls, britains falls.

  • @redstatesaint
    @redstatesaint6 жыл бұрын

    Host: Slavoj, welcome to the studio Zizek (with a dead face): It's an honour for me, thank you Host: That's fantastic this opening is surreal and hilarious.

  • @dannydazzler1549

    @dannydazzler1549

    5 жыл бұрын

    She was complimenting his effort to speak. Although seriously impeded she thought his effort was fantastic and compressible enough for TV.

  • @ballskin

    @ballskin

    4 жыл бұрын

    ”If I am gay, I am a man who wants to do it with men” "i understand that. there are bits of your book that i found hard to grasp, but that is clear" ?????

  • @tartanhandbag

    @tartanhandbag

    4 жыл бұрын

    it cracks me up

  • @uelude

    @uelude

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol, yeah she is ridiculous.

  • @PenisMcWhirtar

    @PenisMcWhirtar

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@uelude No, she is gorgeous and when I'm old enough, I want to marry her, so stfu you bunch of incels. 👁 👁 👄

  • @frankcallo6630
    @frankcallo66305 жыл бұрын

    I really can't stand the interviewer. Zizek treats her with kid gloves. Classy guy.

  • @SamTheCrazyOne

    @SamTheCrazyOne

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Fifes And Clarions I admire her aggressiveness because that brings out the best responses. But since she either lacks the mental agility to keep up with Zizek or because she wants him to "dumb it down" for the audience, the interview stagnates at points.

  • @geraldjensen9399

    @geraldjensen9399

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine interviewing Zizek, he's a self professed madman. Cathy Newman kept a sense of humor and did a fine job - she had her own questions and presented those from the audience. Zizek is creative and interesting, full of twists and turns, digressions.

  • @pigeonheadedman5225

    @pigeonheadedman5225

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kid gloves made from actual kids

  • @donedeal725

    @donedeal725

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pigeonheadedman5225 Reminds me of child labour in the name of profit for Apple and the like!

  • @themoonfleesthroughclouds

    @themoonfleesthroughclouds

    2 жыл бұрын

    zizek knows what he’s on about, the interviewer barely knows how to count to 10.

  • @GbrGz
    @GbrGz2 жыл бұрын

    Genius is genius. Difficult to present himself is the mainstream, but I thank him for putting himself is this kinds of situations.

  • @maganzo

    @maganzo

    Жыл бұрын

    What is he trying to convey? I cannot make sense of his message

  • @Shapeguydude
    @Shapeguydude4 жыл бұрын

    Slavoj "let's say I were to have this type of love for you 😉" Zizek

  • @PooplexCanal

    @PooplexCanal

    3 жыл бұрын

    Timestamp?

  • @barbarannop1799

    @barbarannop1799

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PooplexCanal 29:26

  • @edmason5275
    @edmason52757 жыл бұрын

    That old USSR joke genuinely cracked me up

  • @matheya

    @matheya

    6 жыл бұрын

    This joke is like .. 50 years old ! :))))

  • @artursarturs9783

    @artursarturs9783

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its not really joke. Its funny moment from life

  • @TheBloodsuger150

    @TheBloodsuger150

    6 жыл бұрын

    It’s eerily similar to a joke Brown told in a speech before the 97 election about a man who spoke at a conference with him. The man was introduced as having made a million pounds in oil in Alabama, he said: Firstly, it wasn’t Alabama, is was Arkansas. Secondly, it wasn’t oil, it was coal. Thirdly, it wasn’t a million pounds, it was half a million. Fourthly, it wasn’t me, it was my brother. And fifthly, he didn’t make it, he lost it.

  • @Fummy007

    @Fummy007

    6 жыл бұрын

    When does he Zizek say the joke?

  • @PowerlevelingNU

    @PowerlevelingNU

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Fummy007 11:10

  • @smoothmiles24
    @smoothmiles245 жыл бұрын

    *sniffs in Slovenian*

  • @MoJohnnys

    @MoJohnnys

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hvala

  • @sakhile5914

    @sakhile5914

    4 жыл бұрын

    this got me cracking lol

  • @lieutenantbigz938

    @lieutenantbigz938

    4 жыл бұрын

    *sniffs in Yugoslav*

  • @totonow6955
    @totonow69552 жыл бұрын

    She said he lost her when Zizek described radical singular love but this was precisely the moment she looked truly happy. That is the moment he had her. And this moment was not obscene.

  • @TheEternalOuroboros
    @TheEternalOuroboros4 жыл бұрын

    "I want three toilets!" -- Slavoj ŹIźek

  • @TNM001
    @TNM0015 жыл бұрын

    i love how he takes her more serviously then she takes herself. she tries to provoke him with some simple, dimwitted questions, while he takes the question from her as if she just made some philosophical argument. its great, and she is frustrated beyond believe *haha*. she tried 8 times to lure him into "you offended XY"...i love how he just doesn't acknowledge this...no f*s given ;)

  • @oneoflokis

    @oneoflokis

    4 жыл бұрын

    So many modern TV interviewers are like that... Fluff-heads and propagandists for the status quo!

  • @juvedoo99

    @juvedoo99

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. That's why you answer the questions seriously, and raise the mirror up to the media. Let them know that it is because of them why ignorance is prevalent. They are the taste makers and gate keepers. Instead of being dismissive like they are to provocateurs, acknowledge their questions and actually answer it fully and unapologetically. Mass media is afraid of intellectuals but if intellectuals get some spotlight, then the people will be able to see that their existential dread isn't isolated.

  • @peterwright9934

    @peterwright9934

    4 жыл бұрын

    He answers seriously because he has a respect for language. Even a stupid question is an opportunity for a great philosopher, however annoying it is. He is also respectful of this interviewer, something modern journalists are not trained to be. But why condemn when he got so many great ideas across?

  • @Shapeguydude

    @Shapeguydude

    4 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer really wasn't terrible. I mean compare her with any American pundit and she was stellar.

  • @Antraeus

    @Antraeus

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is customary for the interviewer on such news shows to be rude. Violent even in the case of Jeremy Paxman.

  • @addghvsdxvbhgdxcbbgdxvbvcddd
    @addghvsdxvbhgdxcbbgdxvbvcddd6 жыл бұрын

    "I want three toilets" - Slavoj Žižek

  • @narancauk

    @narancauk

    5 жыл бұрын

    He needs them.

  • @anneother6224

    @anneother6224

    5 жыл бұрын

    Extremely good solution. And he stuck to his guns.

  • @narancauk

    @narancauk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@anneother6224 In view of what he is talking he needs to stick to all 3 guns.BST

  • @joaov.m.oliveira9903

    @joaov.m.oliveira9903

    5 жыл бұрын

    A simple role on the wall will be the next demand from lgbtqhz monomaniacs. You know, for practical purposes, reserved toilettes are a no-go.

  • @ulture

    @ulture

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joaov.m.oliveira9903 muh slippery slope

  • @OsirisNin
    @OsirisNin2 жыл бұрын

    This man is brilliant and nuanced. His criticism of the 'left' is spot on. Meanwhile, the host can't help but do her best to try to put him in a corner, instead of actually engaging with him and listening to what he's saying.

  • @ayanjoemusic

    @ayanjoemusic

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the host was brilliant. One needs to ask probing questions.

  • @justaguy6216
    @justaguy62163 жыл бұрын

    The 3 toilet idea is such an simple pragmatic and practical idea that it's a no brainer. That's what they do here in Australia. At least here in Melbourne and the surrounding suburbs. Giving choice to people is never a bad idea.

  • @MrMikkyn
    @MrMikkyn6 жыл бұрын

    “And you’re saying.. embrace the hopelessness” “And so you’re saying.. a solution will emerge?” Classic Cathy Newman.

  • @antonv2653

    @antonv2653

    4 жыл бұрын

    but at least accurate this time :)

  • @uelude

    @uelude

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@antonv2653 accurate cluelessness

  • @yz9236

    @yz9236

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hate her for sticking with one minor issue and ignore all his good points.

  • @fawazali7579

    @fawazali7579

    4 жыл бұрын

    I dont trust her.

  • @ratastewie91

    @ratastewie91

    4 жыл бұрын

    She lets him explain his points. It's a fair interview.

  • @w0unding
    @w0unding7 жыл бұрын

    There is something categorically wrong with modern journalism and the media, this presenter makes this point ever so apparent. Keep fighting the good fight Zizek you brilliant human.

  • @JonoTheVoiceofAustralia

    @JonoTheVoiceofAustralia

    6 жыл бұрын

    Corporate Centerizam is very condescending after all. "Here's a mediocre product. You WILL love it!"

  • @wfjhDUI

    @wfjhDUI

    5 жыл бұрын

    Huh? Her conduct was appropriately respectful while remaining skeptical and non-deferential. I have trouble understanding Zizek and was wondering many of the questions that she asked.

  • @EmptyKingdoms

    @EmptyKingdoms

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whilst language remains produced industrially - paid for - thinking will not be free, thus, Zizek will fight, and journalism will remain this horrid stupefying force.

  • @informant09

    @informant09

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wfjhDUI Thats because you are part of the sheep-demographic that watches news outlets like channel 4 news and take it serious.

  • @degreesoffreedom2321
    @degreesoffreedom23213 жыл бұрын

    The stains on his shirt are a nice touch

  • @konstantinosvasios3852
    @konstantinosvasios38523 жыл бұрын

    "sometimes the greatest violence is not to do anything to refuse to participate" amen to that!

  • @julierozo
    @julierozo4 жыл бұрын

    When he said “Let’s wait”, he was spot on. 2 years later and more than half the country is comfortable with the thought of a socialist economy.

  • @Haydrn

    @Haydrn

    3 жыл бұрын

    DNC still managed to stop Bernie from becoming president though

  • @stevengarthune9802

    @stevengarthune9802

    3 жыл бұрын

    The powers that be aren't. People may be more happy to speak the word "socialism", but it doesn't align with the Biden reality/ existing two party power lock.

  • @julierozo

    @julierozo

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stevengarthune9802 Never were, never will be. Build dual power.

  • @ekLuca

    @ekLuca

    2 жыл бұрын

    was looking for this comment

  • @Tremuoso

    @Tremuoso

    Жыл бұрын

    You're living with the fairies if you seriously think that.

  • @SatanicBoomBoomHead
    @SatanicBoomBoomHead5 жыл бұрын

    Slavoj Žižek is great and way too smart for this reporter.

  • @jan_kisan

    @jan_kisan

    4 жыл бұрын

    i'd say on the contrary, good trolling on her side. he is being inconsistent and she's revealing it. "i'm not talking about some leninist party [a few minutes later:] the left should be the party of order!" - wtf mate? yes, we need radical change, but you are encouraging _and_ discouraging it at the same time.

  • @pasmater3286

    @pasmater3286

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even Jordan Peterson is to smart for this reporter, yet alone Žižek :D

  • @MisterDutch93

    @MisterDutch93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jan_kisan I think what Žižek means by these statements is that he wants the Left to reinvent itself and form a party system that can combat (in his words) the new Right-wing Chaos. The Left has always been on the side of chaos historically, with their anti-democratic politics, revolutions and anarchism. Even Leninism and Stalinism were filled with order/chaos paradoxes (for example: forcing a revolution at the expense of the proletariat , creating resolute laws filled with nonsense rules, eradicating class-based society while at same time creating a new elite e.g. the Party, etc.) Žižek sees in Trumpism and Right-wing populism the same kind of chaos that the left held during most of the last century. His so called 'Left Order' should therefore not be seen as classical Leninism, but more as new form of socialism that we have not come up with yet. Atleast that's how I see it.

  • @jan_kisan

    @jan_kisan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MisterDutch93 well, maybe. but i don't see how we are to beat the capitalist state without strict organisation such as a Leninist party. we'll see where Žižek is leading, if anywhere. of course, we must address the past mistakes, but seems to me many of those ”new leftists” don't even try to differentiate what was a mistake and what actually wasn't.

  • @iordanisiordanidis1289

    @iordanisiordanidis1289

    4 жыл бұрын

    actually he is too smart for all of us!

  • @krispy2flux
    @krispy2flux3 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow... Watching this in 2020 after the US elections and seeing he was right. Priceless.

  • @pedroitalo8105
    @pedroitalo8105 Жыл бұрын

    5 years later and zizek was completely right about Trump

  • @smorpcbb
    @smorpcbb7 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Newman is so out of her depth.

  • @jaygilbert4546

    @jaygilbert4546

    5 жыл бұрын

    @mark heyne - I think his point about violence needs to be fleshed out a bit further is all. Violence causes pain, but any kind of real growth (not only physical, but emotional, spiritual, societal, political, etc.) only happens through some sort of pain. The violence in society is a constant; when that violence supports the status quo, there is either zero or such imperceptably slow growth as to appear stagnant. This is why revolutionary change is so violent- it causes GREAT pain (so much that most would tend to avoid it) but can, as a result, cause GREAT change and RAPID growth. I think this is the at the core of what he is saying. But I could be wrong, so there's my "cop out"! ;-)

  • @damianbylightning6823

    @damianbylightning6823

    5 жыл бұрын

    Newman is out of her depth with the mentally retarded. She thinks in cliches, dominant narratives and is deeply tribal. Mental retardation would be one way to liberate her under-used mind.

  • @nickjames7914

    @nickjames7914

    5 жыл бұрын

    Colin Davis when is she not?

  • @damianbylightning6823

    @damianbylightning6823

    5 жыл бұрын

    @mark heyne Marx and Engels were Olympian level moral cretins. They saw evil in the world as the road to goodness - a thing to be celebrated. I suppose it's what you can get when you explain morality to a clever child. In Marx's view, history is a train and it will smash into things and crush people, but that's a good thing - because history is a science and we can predict how it's going to go and direct the train to the right station. - history as Newton's clockwork universe! Ergo, mass murder and oppression are the roads to our moral future. In a few years, when dopey fans of Zizek wake up to the idiocy of his position, Zizek will come out saying Marx and Engels were white supremacists - and will wheel out their support for British rule in India or French colonialism in north Africa. The left is one long and complex waltz involving the peeling of onions when talking about 'liberation'. Actor's tears and scheming. Quite why anyone over the age of 11 is impressed by this pseudo-religious bullshit, is a great mystery.

  • @atropa6053

    @atropa6053

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because channel 4 wont hire an expensive interviewer/philosopher/politologist in one person just to make a better interview with Slavoj Zizek. It wouldnt be profitable, thats how capitalism works :DDD

  • @fburton8
    @fburton87 жыл бұрын

    "Yes, but, here I'm a Hegelian you know" *massive wet sniff*

  • @robhills1

    @robhills1

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't see his hegelian side in this purge :)

  • @weltgeist2604

    @weltgeist2604

    7 жыл бұрын

    I blushed like a high school girl talking to her crush at that part.

  • @mattgilbert7347

    @mattgilbert7347

    7 жыл бұрын

    IMMEDIATELY

  • @snowflakemelter1172

    @snowflakemelter1172

    7 жыл бұрын

    which nut ward did they find this guy on ?

  • @JohnMoseley

    @JohnMoseley

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oh LOL LOL LOL, my aching sides. You noticed Zizek has a sinus problem. Your powers of comedic observation are unparalleled. You are surely the crown prince of LOLZ. Have you thought of taking this up professionally?

  • @paulitikox
    @paulitikox3 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe how much this guy understands, he was thinking so far ahead, seeing how all the dots were coming together. I am surprised how there are so many comments about the reporter after all the interesting things Zizek said.

  • @thebitter6262
    @thebitter62623 жыл бұрын

    At the time of the interview, he was far ahead of his time

  • @SensemakingMartin
    @SensemakingMartin7 жыл бұрын

    This host is totally out of her depth, but thankfully she gave him lots of room to talk and explain his ideas, even though her comments almost always showed she wasn't following

  • @YewDuct

    @YewDuct

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think journalists in general have been out of their depth for a very long time, with notable exceptions like John Pilger and of course George Orwell. If journalists had even a basic grasp of philosophy then it would be possible to engage people like Žižek in a searching manner and provide the intellectual bridge needed to connect them to the majority of the population. Instead we have been subjected to many years of echolalia and palilalia and the capacity for critical analysis appears to be in very short supply, which is why UK and USA are leading the charge back to the middle ages.

  • @MichaelLopresto

    @MichaelLopresto

    7 жыл бұрын

    Žižek is not taken seriously by professional philosophers: www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/07/12/violent-visions-slavoj-zizek/

  • @JohnMoseley

    @JohnMoseley

    7 жыл бұрын

    Zizek's replied to that, pointing out that Gray made so many errors it was pretty clear he hadn't read the book he was supposed to be reviewing. You can find the response easily online. But beyond that anyway your comment's nonsense. The missing word is 'some'. And some other professional philosophers - Badiou, Agamben, Balibar and many more - take him very seriously indeed.

  • @chilldude30

    @chilldude30

    7 жыл бұрын

    theres a BBC radio 4 prgram where they interview philosophers and the host understands philosophy

  • @MichaelLopresto

    @MichaelLopresto

    7 жыл бұрын

    Any host who understands philosophy would know that Žižek is a caricature of a philosopher.

  • @worship568
    @worship5687 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Newman proves in this video that intelligence and eloquence are not the same thing. Much modern journalism even from our serious journalists is incredibly superficial.

  • @budapestram1984

    @budapestram1984

    7 жыл бұрын

    great point

  • @TheJaminross

    @TheJaminross

    7 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the interview with Chomsky and Evan Davis on Newsnight recently. The simple-mindedness of journalists and their adherence to the status quo becomes incredibly apparent when they speak to someone who has an analytical mind.

  • @Stupoider

    @Stupoider

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to hear more about the wall to keep muslims out. Stellar journalism Channel 4

  • @digitalbrentable

    @digitalbrentable

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I thought Cathy Newman came off as pretty journalistic; the kept the interview on topic, call him out when he didn't answer questions, further called him out when his answers weren't satisfactory, but did so more or less without coming off as hostile or biased against him. She was calm and in control of the interview, but not overbearing, definitely allowing Zizek to take the stage and be Zizek. I got to hear Zizek weigh in on some topics, and also got to hear him respond to some common criticism - the way Cathy Newman pressed him on these really forced him to give a more complete response.

  • @JK-kn9rv

    @JK-kn9rv

    7 жыл бұрын

    shes not challenging him. shes asking those questions because she's obviously not grasping him. besides she even says that herself that his book was hard to grasp at the end of the interview herself. i wouldnt fault her though. zizek is hard to follow. its not fair to call someone dumb because one doesn't get him.

  • @edanmacabre1604
    @edanmacabre16042 жыл бұрын

    This interview is amazing! Dude killed it

  • @mnessenche
    @mnessenche2 жыл бұрын

    Listening to Zizek is always nice

  • @philippes.blouin4845
    @philippes.blouin48455 жыл бұрын

    "As a leftist - as an atheist leftist! - I believe in miracles."

  • @benjaminlquinlan8702

    @benjaminlquinlan8702

    3 жыл бұрын

    Propositionally atheist. Practically a Christian hahaha

  • @bk2active

    @bk2active

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe in miracles, where you from, you sexy thing

  • @Zerradable

    @Zerradable

    10 ай бұрын

    You can't be atheist beliving in leftism.

  • @SweetandFitting
    @SweetandFitting6 жыл бұрын

    "There were bits of your book I found hard to comprehend" I suspect she's referring to the parts between the covers.

  • @NikoHL

    @NikoHL

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol.... I agree 100%. Newman is completely of her depth..

  • @charlesmcdonald4256

    @charlesmcdonald4256

    5 жыл бұрын

    FUNNY..

  • @OmarDelawar

    @OmarDelawar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Damn that's savage son!

  • @josephedwards4325

    @josephedwards4325

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely spot on.

  • @sirfijoe450
    @sirfijoe4503 жыл бұрын

    “Which kind of economy is best” was such a random and uninteresting question that came out of nowhere. I would have maybe asked him that in like 7th grade.

  • @HumanTypewriter

    @HumanTypewriter

    2 жыл бұрын

    What? That's a fundemental of all politics! What economy is the best is the whole point of having different economic structures in different political parties. Socialism, communism, social democracy, capitalism. It's a massive question

  • @martinsedliak163

    @martinsedliak163

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HumanTypewriter its 42

  • @ryanfinnerty6239

    @ryanfinnerty6239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HumanTypewriter mixed economy there’s no debate

  • @zardi9083
    @zardi90833 жыл бұрын

    Zizek is a true intellectual. Cathy is just a mouthpiece for an ideology

  • @camtheman3x6
    @camtheman3x65 жыл бұрын

    This guy is an intellectual powerhouse

  • @camtheman3x6

    @camtheman3x6

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nunya Bis I totally agree

  • @insightuk

    @insightuk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nunya Bis His use of violence is spot on. It's your preconceived and limited definition that is wrong. Violence can be "strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force." Situations can affect in volatile ways, it doesn't have to be physical.

  • @theploddingparadox840

    @theploddingparadox840

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nunya Bis Intellect is a state of mind, not a unit of measurement. If you have a mind that watches itself, if you entertain ideas without accepting them and if you engage in civil discourse within the faculty of reasoning. You are an intellectual. Slavoj does all this on steroids. Whether one agrees with his assessments or not, he is literally an intellectual powerhouse.

  • @theploddingparadox840

    @theploddingparadox840

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nunya Bis My point is Cameron’s original comment was an assessment of Žižek’s state of mind, they never once said anything like “what Žižek is saying is profoundly mind-blowing to me”. There are tons of people that I think have a frequently intellectual state of mind that I don’t necessarily find “impressive” at all. I’m not saying your regard of Žižek’s impression on others is right or wrong, I’m just saying it was an unfounded response. Also, being “impressed” depends largely on personal circumstance and is not something you can easily hierarchise. If someone is impressed by something that you happen to not be impressed by, it doesn’t automatically mean they’re overall “easily impressed”. I'm sure you know this. Anyway, I don't mean to have a go at you dude. I was just confused by your response.

  • @panoskatrin4910

    @panoskatrin4910

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nunya Bis You are very lazy.Your response for zizrks arguments about china shows that you have not even try to understand what he is saying but you went off and played the moral card without even adressing his point.China is the perfect example for him of why capitalism isnt anymore about democracy and freedom and he is right. Countries like china,india,south korea and so on are the fastest growing economies in the world right now and their political structure isnt what somone would call democratic,this is why he is against today's capitalism because it doesn't anymore protect the values of freedom and liberty but helps authoritarian oligarchies to rise and become world powers,he doesnt call china a success story that any other country in the world must follow its example to be successful but he is warning the people around him that today's capitalism gives rise to "monsters" such as china

  • @leedn5
    @leedn57 жыл бұрын

    Presenter: "Sorry, Mr. Zizek, I haven't got a fucking clue what you're talking about regarding economics. So what's all this about you upsetting the gays?"

  • @ItsAnGoose

    @ItsAnGoose

    6 жыл бұрын

    Haha spot on!

  • @Josh-go6og
    @Josh-go6og2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being able to talk to one of the greatest, most thought provoking contemporary philosophers and you waist the whole thing asking him about semantics of an obviously hyperbolic statement.

  • @asadzia59
    @asadzia593 жыл бұрын

    She is extremely under-qualified to have a real conversation with this man. She speaks from her notes. He speaks from his experience and knowledge. No amount of preparation or notes can match the genius that he is. This is why she keeps bringing him back to common political topics like corbyn, trump or lgbt stuff.

  • @shaheenshad5012

    @shaheenshad5012

    2 жыл бұрын

    So she's a reporter not an enlightened philosopher.

  • @paulpeartsmith
    @paulpeartsmith6 жыл бұрын

    This guy is extraordinary. Absolutely spot on, point by point.

  • @mayolicious69

    @mayolicious69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Solve Everything Wow, someone doesn't know how to listen...

  • @Blimpio
    @Blimpio7 жыл бұрын

    kudos to him for knowing what to expect with Channel 4. He's a graceful and considerate conversationalist. Its worrying how simple she's willing to allow herself to appear.

  • @recoilAbs

    @recoilAbs

    7 жыл бұрын

    That just make his points that much more pertinent, because he's facing the actual 'common sense' of the system. She played a great part, I loved it!

  • @lisap9258

    @lisap9258

    7 жыл бұрын

    There was no obscenity

  • @SkateSka

    @SkateSka

    7 жыл бұрын

    Biased and condescending interviewer, as you can expect.

  • @LoveEarthHereAndNow

    @LoveEarthHereAndNow

    6 жыл бұрын

    this man is outstanding. the interviewer, well, less than great.

  • @SuperRobertoClemente

    @SuperRobertoClemente

    6 жыл бұрын

    He's a big boy, an experienced debater, and will get his points across regardless of the level of the questions. I think she does a fine job relative to her audience. She's direct, she pushes him on provocations. This allows him to clarify these points and demonstrate the complexity behind them.

  • @Hobbit0nCN
    @Hobbit0nCN3 жыл бұрын

    Cathy is so thickheaded. She actually thinks she’s putting him on the spot. She even failed with J.P

  • @josyfalcon5442

    @josyfalcon5442

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Peterson's scandal (that was not a "debate") only proved that you can't put an uneducated journalist to interview real intellectuals.

  • @bobbycutts2111

    @bobbycutts2111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rofl, if she couldn't beat a minor leaguer, she had 0 chance of flummoxing Zizek then

  • @dp503

    @dp503

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbycutts2111 Being an intellectual is a competition now?

  • @fryskbloed
    @fryskbloed4 жыл бұрын

    First time i heard Zizek i couldnt almost understand him, but the more i do listen i can hear him clear.

  • @morgoth615
    @morgoth6157 жыл бұрын

    "Do you regret your decision?" *Violently* "NO!"

  • @mrstefan4444
    @mrstefan44447 жыл бұрын

    this Philosophical critique of modern society, if you agree with the view or not, should be more prominent in our news, media and political lives

  • @petertschann-grimm1468

    @petertschann-grimm1468

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, we more and more all need to be philosophers. Daily I notice I'm referring to things I've learned from Zizek to help me process the world around me...

  • @CarlosFerrao

    @CarlosFerrao

    5 жыл бұрын

    Back in the old days of TV, it was seen as a tool for education first, entertainment second. They had philosophical debates and talk shows, as well as science programmes on prime time TV. Now we get Love Island and at a push Question Time with its soundbyte politics.

  • @monkeymox2544

    @monkeymox2544

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, we live in a society which doesn't take philosophy seriously. When I decided to take a career break and study undergraduate philosophy (I'm now doing my masters), the reaction I got from most friends and family - even quite liberal, open-minded people - was something along the lines of: "why? What jobs can you get with that?" A society which doesn't value education for education's sake is broken, in my opinion.

  • @adrianjohnson2287
    @adrianjohnson22873 жыл бұрын

    An intellectual powerhouse Zizek is.

  • @MeZaval
    @MeZaval3 жыл бұрын

    "The issue will be the Democratic party won't offer an alternative to Trump." My goodness he saw it coming a mile away.

  • @CJonesApple

    @CJonesApple

    3 жыл бұрын

    He called them out ratfucking Bernie instead of unifying the party.

  • @archologyzero

    @archologyzero

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CJonesApple bernie ratfucked himselves. And democratic voters voted against him as a majority. Claiming the democrats winning because they cheated you is why you guys offered not only no alternative to Trump, but the exact same thing as trump has been doing for 4 years.

  • @lettucearsebiscuits8375

    @lettucearsebiscuits8375

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@archologyzero you dont win when you cheat, you steal when you cheat.

  • @archologyzero

    @archologyzero

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lettucearsebiscuits8375 They didn't cheat. I said you guys claimed they cheated. Granted, you guys operate from such weak logic that you consider anyone in the world even asking Bernie a question to be proof of democrats cheating - nevermind the fact that Bernie has been ranked among the least honest left leaning politicans by politifact and any other legitimate fact checking organization. So my point stands.

  • @archologyzero

    @archologyzero

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lettucearsebiscuits8375 But tell me how you supporting a dishonest, whiney loser is proof of democrats cheating? Fact is Bernie did less than nothing to expand any coalition between 2016 and 2020, (he lost TONS of voters) and most of his 2016 votes came from people not really liking Hillary due to Republican propaganda, not because they knew much about Bernie, his voting record, or the practicality of any of his policies.

  • @gucci4skin210
    @gucci4skin2105 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else here after the JP debate?

  • @bryanjefferson9443

    @bryanjefferson9443

    5 жыл бұрын

    First I heard of Slavoj was the debate, now I love listening to him. A very knowledgeable guy.

  • @elrondhubbard7059

    @elrondhubbard7059

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup, and y'know, I think I'm already more of a fan of Slavoj than Peterson.

  • @frankcallo6630

    @frankcallo6630

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @Simon-hw3um

    @Simon-hw3um

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fandom is kindof ideological is it not?

  • @OhWaker

    @OhWaker

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me. I've listened to Slavoj before but that debate brought me to listen to more of Slavoj again. In that debate he seemed more interested in a discussion of ideas rather than a battle of ideas than Peterson was.

  • @rachitamahajan9323
    @rachitamahajan93234 жыл бұрын

    Why is this host so obnoxious? She’s making zizek explain such trivial things. Why can’t an educated person interview philosophers like him

  • @tartanhandbag

    @tartanhandbag

    4 жыл бұрын

    i think you can probably answer that question yourself, seeing as she is interviewing for a mainstream news outlet. she's there to "ask the tough/basic questions people at home would want to hear posed". holding people to account for the most controvertial things they've said is pretty normal. #soyouresayingKathyNewman

  • @rachitamahajan9323

    @rachitamahajan9323

    4 жыл бұрын

    X4rrr I get that it’s her job but it’s almost like she’s unresponsive to his explanations and continues raising the same petty questions

  • @uelude

    @uelude

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rachitamahajan9323 Yes she's incompetent.

  • @uelude

    @uelude

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because mass media gender politics.

  • @yz9236

    @yz9236

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sad I don’t think we have enough well informed audiences for a good interview with zizek. Not good for ratings I guess

  • @MaddensMonday01
    @MaddensMonday014 жыл бұрын

    So much sexual tension in this interview . Just get a room guys

  • @sparthacuster

    @sparthacuster

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha I noticed that too 🙈

  • @mmanewsswitzerland9729
    @mmanewsswitzerland97293 жыл бұрын

    3 years later, in 2021, he is absolutely right.

  • @MarxistAudiobooks
    @MarxistAudiobooks7 жыл бұрын

    So you regret your suppor-? NOOOOOOO

  • @sandothemando8924

    @sandothemando8924

    6 жыл бұрын

    Slavoj turned into a bear for a brief second there! That part cracked me up! NOOOOOOOO!!

  • @rockgvmt

    @rockgvmt

    5 жыл бұрын

    her reaction to this was very cute.

  • @haraldisdead

    @haraldisdead

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol ya that got me too

  • @ziasarim

    @ziasarim

    5 жыл бұрын

    I just stopped watching here and came to the comments section for some respite. PHEW

  • @OhWaker

    @OhWaker

    5 жыл бұрын

    14:25

  • @manawahinekorero9534
    @manawahinekorero95345 жыл бұрын

    Zizek is neither hopeless nor strange. Thank you for the interview. Great job.

  • @superKOEImania
    @superKOEImania4 жыл бұрын

    35:41 "your friend"donald trump" sneaky sneaky cathy

  • @sophiagarcia7232
    @sophiagarcia72323 жыл бұрын

    It only speaks to how interesting and entertaining it is to listen to Zizek speak that I could sit through having to listen to this woman try and fail to keep up

  • @loremipsum7513
    @loremipsum75135 жыл бұрын

    First heard him on the debate, and now binge watching all of his videos on youtube

  • @zakbrown2340

    @zakbrown2340

    5 жыл бұрын

    Damn this is literally so beautiful

  • @brockcharz2104

    @brockcharz2104

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zakbrown2340 the debate was literally called happyiness ''marxism vs capitilism'' (zizek knew this for months) and when dr peterson spoke about how capitilism is not neccessarily good but better than marxism, zizek agreed lol, so how do some people think zizek won lol, he literally agreed marxism is not good, and sorry but marxism was not just about regulation, ....so i dont see zizek defending marxism at all

  • @Javier-il1xi

    @Javier-il1xi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@brockcharz2104 because standard marxism doesnt go far enough. Žižek is a hegelian. Re-hegelianize marx is his project. Žižek's move was brilliant, in that he won people from Peterson's base.

  • @brockcharz2104

    @brockcharz2104

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Javier-il1xi i dont think he won them over, like he didnt change their minds, but they realized that both zizek and peterson are similar, as in calling out the crazy radical left, and he definatly won their respect so yes maybe he did win peoples respect

  • @brockcharz2104

    @brockcharz2104

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Javier-il1xi i do like both peterson and zizek btw

  • @92baynrw
    @92baynrw6 жыл бұрын

    "Why don't you just say 'Ghandi was more radical'" Wow, Cathy Newman, you really do have quite an ear for poetry.

  • @mudgeotter9549

    @mudgeotter9549

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, saying that would have been better than trying to redefine what the word "violence" means in order to convince more people that violence is acceptable when pushing a political agenda.

  • @mayolicious69

    @mayolicious69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mudgeotter9549 You know the word 'violent has more than one definition right? One is physical, the other is simply the antonym of 'mild'

  • @pm2881

    @pm2881

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair that was actually the one thing she said that I agreed with. I mean you can’t say “Hitler should have been more violent” and not expect alarmed reactions lol, even if your actual meaning was reasonable. Context and delivery is important too

  • @fredatlas4396

    @fredatlas4396

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pm2881 perhaps that's what he intended to get a reaction

  • @naseralhamdan2394
    @naseralhamdan23943 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @tristan4206
    @tristan4206 Жыл бұрын

    i really appreciated the host's questions sometimes i was wondering the exact same thing

  • @Dude0000
    @Dude00005 жыл бұрын

    She never said “so you’re saying” because she didn’t know what he was saying most of the time. (Edit for grammar)

  • @asimalamssi3017

    @asimalamssi3017

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha you made my day 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @Dude0000

    @Dude0000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Asim Alamssi I can die a happy man knowing I made someone’s day a little brighter 🤷🏽‍♂️👍🏽

  • @Mors_Atra_

    @Mors_Atra_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @lucasv5359

    @lucasv5359

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fucking great man my man!!😂

  • @carlosruperto8705

    @carlosruperto8705

    3 жыл бұрын

    3:53 I had to go and find it for you buddy )

  • @TheAlmightiest
    @TheAlmightiest6 жыл бұрын

    What a great talk! Slavoj puts thoughts I've had myself into words beautifully.

  • @ac1dP1nk
    @ac1dP1nk3 жыл бұрын

    give this pair a full series

  • @mehightmi
    @mehightmi3 жыл бұрын

    Slavoj is politely running circles around the reporter, from an intellectual perspective

  • @plexusranger
    @plexusranger5 жыл бұрын

    Notice how the interviewer spends more time asking about transgendered toilets than any other subject. Classic diversion from the hard issues.

  • @nicanornunez9787

    @nicanornunez9787

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kiraanastasiaandersen1145 and the kind of problems of that affect 1% of that 0.03% lets talk about toilets not trans sexual workers being murdered by the handful, lets talk about fucking Trumpet Katlyn Jenner or whatever.

  • @jmiquelmb

    @jmiquelmb

    4 жыл бұрын

    This decade will be remembered by identity politics. It's an amazing issue to make people discuss about superficial stuff and ignore the deeper issues in our society. This way the powerful can work behind the camera doing as they please. SJW are 99% identity politics, and so is Trump

  • @checkeredcheese

    @checkeredcheese

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah why dyou think the idw talks about gender so much

  • @oneoflokis

    @oneoflokis

    4 жыл бұрын

    The decay of serious journalism...

  • @CC-hx5fz

    @CC-hx5fz

    3 жыл бұрын

    But where else can you find out what Zizek thinks about segregated toilets? You might think it's a trivial question but Zizek has clearly given it some thought.

  • @AG-ub7sg
    @AG-ub7sg7 жыл бұрын

    He's absolutely incredible

  • @mattgilbert7347

    @mattgilbert7347

    7 жыл бұрын

    and sho forth

  • @LionLeon3

    @LionLeon3

    7 жыл бұрын

    you're dense if you can't see that this guy is beyond the current left and right

  • @antiloop3000

    @antiloop3000

    7 жыл бұрын

    So... what is new?

  • @MrVoola

    @MrVoola

    7 жыл бұрын

    did you just learn joined up writing?

  • @AG-ub7sg

    @AG-ub7sg

    7 жыл бұрын

    saul what?

  • @stevendouglas3860
    @stevendouglas38604 жыл бұрын

    If he was a Working class man from northern England he would be called everything under the sun . Because slavo has a PhD he's allowed to talk without a filter . Which is good .

  • @vladimird5280

    @vladimird5280

    2 жыл бұрын

    If I was the sun I would’ve been called the moon... wtf ?

  • @BNconductor
    @BNconductor3 жыл бұрын

    You have to realise that this is for mainstream primetime TV on a very popular channel. It is astonishing how so few of you seem to understand that in such a context, it is the job of a journalist to challenge the views of the interviewee and play devil's advocate, just as Cathy Newman does. She’s putting to Zikzek the questions which may occur to the average viewer (who will not be familiar with his work), in an effort to help those viewers understand his position. Interviews in this style are essential for introducing ordinary people to new ideas.

  • @valeriobertoncello1809

    @valeriobertoncello1809

    Ай бұрын

    the problem is precisely that such shallow and dumb questions are in the maistream because of her and people like her

  • @valarmorghulis322
    @valarmorghulis3226 жыл бұрын

    I like how he used Lacan to flirt with her for a brief time and how she liked it. Even Lacan would appreciate the way he did it :P

  • @kazzz2765

    @kazzz2765

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's an absolute master at that, I was really surprised to hear something like that from him

  • @anirbanghosh7987
    @anirbanghosh79875 жыл бұрын

    Zizek may not be the most suave character but youth should learn from him what critical thinking is? This man is so well read

  • @BernieHollandMusic

    @BernieHollandMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    But means little to the hordes of illiterates who cannot restrain themselves from their predilection for mocking those who are clearly their intellectual and moral superiors

  • @davidbengtsson4964

    @davidbengtsson4964

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BernieHollandMusic damn I also hate poor people

  • @rashaka21
    @rashaka213 жыл бұрын

    "Wall to keep Muslims out" LOL not the Muslims sweetheart, the other M.

  • @Tameeeeeem

    @Tameeeeeem

    3 жыл бұрын

    British main stream media..so used to mentioning Muslims in a bad light that it just slips off the tongue when talking about a different topic 🙃

  • @shannonsuxx

    @shannonsuxx

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tameeeeeem Perfectly worded!

  • @1mC0n0R

    @1mC0n0R

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tameeeeeem so is Cathy saying thaat Muslism and Mexicans are the same?

  • @matthewwaterman917

    @matthewwaterman917

    3 жыл бұрын

    She probably misspoke, but to be fair, Trump also claimed multiple times that Muslims and "middle easterners" were crossing the Mexico-US border.

  • @Josh-oj9mm

    @Josh-oj9mm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@matthewwaterman917 that's how you know trump is a fucking moron. Literally the only way they can get in illegaly is the 3% of Muslims in Canada through the northern border (and why would you wanna move to the shittier country where you amass hundreds of thousand in medical debt), and through an airport illegally, which is basically impossible.)

  • @Umagum4
    @Umagum43 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Newman ABC: "So you are saying" + wrong conclusion.

  • @omegabeta3305
    @omegabeta33055 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I've been watching a lot of useless youtube videos. this guy is full of knowledge.

  • @liverbirdxoxo1984

    @liverbirdxoxo1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    av a look at jordan peterson, jordan maxwell, richard grannon, noam chomsky, george orwell, david icke, micheal foucault...all cover a vast range of different subjects but all interesting researchers, writers, thinkers, n academics

  • @herrwunderbar8658

    @herrwunderbar8658

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@liverbirdxoxo1984 wow. I never imagined in my wildest dreams I'd see Noam's name among those of JBP & David Ick...

  • @liverbirdxoxo1984

    @liverbirdxoxo1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    Herr Wunderbar I read widely... truth is truth regardless of whose speaking it.... Noam knows a lot of alternative info, he may word it differently or more academically, but its scary how it mirrors Icke etc...

  • @herrwunderbar8658

    @herrwunderbar8658

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@liverbirdxoxo1984 Hmm? Is "alternative info" like "alternative facts?" Suggest you narrow your reading & interpretations. (Or did you mean well read?) My point is you need to be weary where & in whom you find your "truths." Scary comparisons, Noam would be agast w/ your "mirror." For your reading pleasure: www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve

  • @uelude

    @uelude

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@liverbirdxoxo1984 icke is a truly desperate lunatic laughed at the world over. Noam Chomsky is a genius logician respected the world over.

  • @Vangough792
    @Vangough7927 жыл бұрын

    very true what he says about macron

  • @Bobbyblabby413
    @Bobbyblabby4134 жыл бұрын

    Host: "Can you disentangle what you mean?" Zizek: "It's basically very simple." My brain: "I've just been tested positive."

  • @Jiddu88
    @Jiddu88 Жыл бұрын

    After 90mins listening I think I'm beginning to get the peace of this dear Professor, writer!!!! :):):):):):):):) Big Thanks!!!!