I am amazed that Slavoj is 75 years old and his nose is still attached to his face. Love him.

@tonyr4873

26 күн бұрын

I gave him 3 minutes, then couldn't listen to his voice anymore.

@HatKiddy

20 күн бұрын

His nose survived a lot

@_.dace._

16 күн бұрын

@@HatKiddy what did he do to it :o

@barmanchiche

8 күн бұрын

hahaha!

@ManelRuivo

6 күн бұрын

and he didnt transform in daffy duck.

I would call Trump and Putin Griftians. They are not Christians but they grift on Christianity to get bonus points.

@stefansekulic7903

Ай бұрын

Putin is a communist. How can a kgb agent be a Christian? He's just a good actor who knows how to use Christian values for his own goals.

@basitin6909

Ай бұрын

I'd certainly agree with a claim on Trump without further explanation. But Putin has taken over the Orthodox church in russia as a demographic weapon against his own nation, calling Putin a grifter certainly wouldn't quite give it justice. The only function that Orthodox church has in soviet russia is to control the demographics, it's fully controlled by their FSB

@golddigger8759

Ай бұрын

I agree, sad but true. Trump should be in jail by know, if the judiciary system hadn't broken down before...

@agaragar21

Ай бұрын

They are criminals ....quit the religious connotations

@mediaaccess2

Ай бұрын

Well said.

Let's not forget he is 75 during this interview. I can only wish to be so alert/smart/etc at that age! Slavoj has so many important points to make it make me dizzy.

@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386

26 күн бұрын

He’s not smart. So be thankful.

@allenbilyk4420

25 күн бұрын

Once you read “Atheism Christianity” it will blow your mind !

@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386

25 күн бұрын

@@allenbilyk4420 judeo Christian minds are easily blown

@TheRealNickG

25 күн бұрын

@@allenbilyk4420 Yep. Changed my life! 😎

@TheRealNickG

25 күн бұрын

​@@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386 Tell me you don't know anything about the subject at hand without telling me.... The dumdums are those who see everything as binary. Open doesn't always mean not closed and so on and so forth. Nice try to actually shame book reading though. Thoroughly gross.

It is so typical of Western Europe to say "oh we didn't see that coming" and "we must never let it happen like this again". We should listen to our Baltic friends, they, if any, know what Ukraine and the rest of Europe need to do to secure our future. Right now, Ukraine is paying the highest price for its survival and for our safety, now we must all give everything we can to help them. It is our damned duty. Do your duty and earn your rights. We simply have to stop seeing the world as we wish it to be and start seeing it for what it is.

@cv6811

Ай бұрын

Well said.

@Delsbo

Ай бұрын

Totally agree.

@fang_xianfu

Ай бұрын

I see many people saying "we should defend out borders, not fight in Eastern Europe or give them money and weapons to fight" as if they don't understand that fighting in Ukraine IS defending ourselves in Western Europe, and even better, we can do it without getting bombed.

@Delsbo

Ай бұрын

@@fang_xianfu We are moving towards something that looks like 1937-38. This is the time to unite to defend human rights, democracy and peace before it’s too late. Or else there won’t be anything to defend.

@wordzmyth

Ай бұрын

Poland is even having their borders tested and Russia is trying to normalise this. Nato partners in Europe are now realising the weapons for Ukraine are completely essential. They are sending weapons. Germany needs to realise how crucial 2024 is to stop following g US reluctance

“There will be a need for radical change.” It’s a shame the “adults in the room” absolutely refuse to face this fact.

@anchovie_pizza

25 күн бұрын

because most are greedy sociopaths who only care about themselves

@dahrayyem2648

23 күн бұрын

Radical change is only a tool for the paranoid. And that means subverting democracy. Can you take Macron and the French seriously. The wesrern idea of freedom and democracy only refers to the western worid. Other nations are just a means to an end. Its very clear that meddling in other countries affairs have mostly caued more problems. Think of Libya. Liberia, Iraq... Putin and Russia are not such a problem as they are made out to be. And the more the crisis is given attention the more the rest of the world will move away from the side of the west

@VeganSemihCyprus33

22 күн бұрын

For more wisdom 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙌

@bb-ij6bv

21 күн бұрын

Oh no you just aren't going to like the radical change because it's the right wing version

@Chad-xs2de

21 күн бұрын

No, that's false.

It just struck me that he's right about the introspection/extrospection thing. As Carnegie said "no man is a criminal in his own mind". We can all invent our own private narratives to justify our actions whatever they are, even the vilest of murderers. We need to be judged on what we DO, and we need to judge ourselves that way.

@LA-kc7ev

Ай бұрын

The way the juxtaposition is set up is flawed. Introspection is not 'self-justification': what it is is many things, among them an 'objectification' of the self, an 'inspection'.

@Dude0000

Ай бұрын

That’s a Christian concept, ‘by their fruits they will be judged’. We’re all as unaware of our Christianity, as we are about breathing.

@ralphclark

Ай бұрын

@@LA-kc7ev you are missing the point so badly it's not even funny. I only used the terms introspection and extrospection to delineate the difference between judging yourself on what you claim your motives are, vs the external effects of your actions.

@LA-kc7ev

Ай бұрын

And you would be right. However he does make assumptions from there that are incorrect and can steer people in a wrong direction. No worries. I felt the need to say what I did regardless of it being true that the external effects of one's actions are the first reason to then take a better look at yourself. Not everybody who does so becomes thus delusional. @@ralphclark

@martiendejong8857

Ай бұрын

captain obvious in the house

Introducing Zizek by saying he debated Jordan Peterson is ridiculous. Really? Is that one if his greatest achievements? Peterson is nowhere near Zizek's level of intellectual greatness and moral fortitude.

@Tea4Texas

9 күн бұрын

Thought the same.

@edmann1820

8 күн бұрын

Me too. I wished he'd replied "Peterson debated me."

@ZSd4cT

5 күн бұрын

Behold the Spectacle.

I like how he is pronouncing Ukraine very slavic ❤

@JesusMagicPanties

Ай бұрын

For us Poles Serbo-Croatian based Balkan languages and dialects do sound extremely rigid and heavy although we all are "classified" as Slavic

@theAllucard

Ай бұрын

​@@JesusMagicPanties Slovenian is not Serbo-Croatian, it is a cross between Western Slavic languages and South Slavic languages, most similar to Slovak, according to some linguists.

@JesusMagicPanties

Ай бұрын

@@theAllucard Okay, I'm not going to argue , just based on what wiki says about that... However , as a Pole I can speak in Polish to a Slovak, he can speak Slovakian to me - and we understand each other in 90 %. With Slovenian people that is not the case.😄

@theAllucard

Ай бұрын

@@JesusMagicPanties Yeah I'm not arguing either 😅 I just like linguistics and I'm a Serbo-Croatian speaker. I can understand Macedonian and Bulgarian (not to the same extent as Macedonian) the same way you can Slovakian, but with Slovene it's much harder.

@JesusMagicPanties

Ай бұрын

@@theAllucard Serbo-Croatian is in some way more difficult at a basic level for a Pole than even Germanic languages because it is confusing: many words sound identical or familiar, but have pretty much different meanings in both languages. I just realized that I am so old that I remember the (then Yugoslavian) band 'Bijelo Dugme'. Very energetic and powerful rock and roll colored with Balkan folklore. Best regards from PL

As Žižek said - naivety is dangerous thing! Believing that all this will stop by its own is naivety!

@Tomislavr7

4 күн бұрын

He also said that Putin is to blame for telling the truth and others not understanding it and that it's his tactic or something along with that. Just a bunch of nonsense.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 The fact Ukraine has not taken delivery of much aid these past three months yet Russia's full 24/7 war economy is still only able to move slowly is astounding. The resistance of Ukraine is beyond belief. It cannot however last forever without scaling of European assistance and hopefully more American aid packages. This is borrowed time, but what it should demonstrate is that if the West shifts its weight enough to lean on the scales harder than it has before Russia can definitely lose this war. For now it is still up to the West, although the clock is ticking.

@orthodoxserb6596

Ай бұрын

Russia will not lose and Ukraine cannot win this war - you are in a great deception. The best way for Ukraine to win was not to allow this war to happen.

@wadegoodwin6773

Ай бұрын

I'm afraid there is no scenario you or your ilk can imagine of conjure up in 1000 dreams, individually or collectively where Russia loses this war. No amount of propaganda, secret agreements with your friends and family and all the wishful thinking will allow the West and Ukraine for so many practical and logical reasons (remember the science of empiricism), to win this war, regardless of the time period it takes. Grow up and grow into it, before its too late bucko.

@warthunder9155

Ай бұрын

It's not our job to fund their war.

@marna7325

Ай бұрын

❤

@johnmartinmcsherry

Ай бұрын

You are deluded.

Spot on Žižek, we live in dangerous times

@EstabanGraves

Ай бұрын

Baltic states….3 ribs in the mouth of the bear (Daniel)?

@johnnyvh1188

Ай бұрын

​@@EstabanGraves the bear in Daniel's prophetic dream(chapter 7 verse 5) was the Medo-Persian empire that would take over the Babylonian one he was living in as exile at the time. The times we live in now are more accurately described in the second letter to Timothy chapter 3 verses 1-5

@valgehiir

28 күн бұрын

Oh really, I could tell you this. He voted Trump in 16 because Clinton was too radical. It's people like Zizek, well meaning dreamers who ruin the world.

@seanpatterson5047

21 күн бұрын

@@EstabanGraves that's the silliest thing I have ever read)))

When you say democracy, you actually mean a minority ruling class with divine mandate of being liked

Thanks Mr Zizek, a true intellectual with a moral compass.

@penelopegreene

Ай бұрын

Now HERE'S a conspiracy I could really get behind!

@KOIFishcat

Ай бұрын

He borrowed his morals from God, and presents them as his own

@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv

Ай бұрын

Intellectuals are cowards At heart

@inabsentia439

Ай бұрын

@@KOIFishcatNonsense

@KOIFishcat

Ай бұрын

@@inabsentia439 you are a walking nonsense

Spot on, as always.. Though the bit about the Bhagavad Gita is sadly misleading: if understood as intended (proper commentary is essential), it is such an invaluable guide for life. That Himmler took its teachings the way he did, is not its fault, in much the same way it’s not the Bible’s fault that Christians (or rather, “Christians”) used it to justify all sorts of abhorrences throughout history. As they say, the Devil, too, can quote the scripture!

@anuragshukla9214

Ай бұрын

Bhagwat Gita's philosophical arguments are complete nonsense and it uses dogma to defend caste system.

@tanjaosilic6641

Ай бұрын

Chi sa come mai questo tipo chiamano un filosofo. Non sa cosa parla. Prende un po' di qua un po' di la. Non pare tanto normale. Invece quelli che gli danno una certa importanza sono dei ipocriti.

@manpreetbrar838

Ай бұрын

There not listening to us . Sanatan Dharma only obtainable by force ❤ india

@TomNoles007

Ай бұрын

​@user-mc8wi2lg2mThis is wisdom. It is something of an existential dilemma for myself (and I suspect many others) in that: I would really like to believe and be comforted by my faith, however it is clear that the bible was written by eminently flawed humans. I don't begrudge anyone who is able to believe. I have had child bereavement in my life and I yearn to believe I will hold my daughter again. I don't know. I wish peace for anybody who reads this, regardless.

@crabconstellation5797

Ай бұрын

Yeah, many more horrendous activities were done in the name of Christianity around the world than Bhagavad Gita. In that sense, Zizek's argument for "Christian Atheism" is not valid. Also, the main reason he's a Christain Atheist and is inclined to Christian values is because he was born Christian. I would've really liked it if his book was called Cultural Atheism or something else more appropriate, but I suppose he is promoting himself to a mostly "Christian" audience.

I love this guy ! ..sniff

Remember, Trump was only President in U.S. history to have "secret meetings" w Putin w/o a U.S. interpreter present! Flash drives exchanged?

@ClamMan1989

Ай бұрын

Surely one of them had interpretation.

@tonyz766

Ай бұрын

@@ClamMan1989 Putin only. Against all U.S. protocol. In addition, Trump appointed Iverson 25, I believe, ppl to his " team" that did not clear secret service. Yet Trump pushed them through! He's a traitor in my book!

@sidgarrett7247

Ай бұрын

@@ClamMan1989Putin speaks excellent English.

@ClamMan1989

Ай бұрын

@@sidgarrett7247 Я те обещаю, что нет.

@sidgarrett7247

Ай бұрын

@@ClamMan1989 I don’t know Russian, therefore I have no idea what you said.

He’s such a brilliant guy. Unique in the way he presents things. Extremely articulate in his explanation of complex human and political problems. I love listening to him! The way he speaks always makes me smile.

The spirit of community is already here - so very true. When thoughts turn to achieving good outcomes amongst people in a group, then the spirit of community is awakened.

Interesting that Zizek, who has provided leftist critiques of ideologies and of capitalism, is so adamant here about support for Ukraine and taking a strong position against the aggression of the Kremlin regime. I had not identified that group of 'Western Buddhists' he mentions, but I know what he means. I'd like to see Zizek talk with Tom Holland, author of 'Dominion'.

@VerminaeSupremacy

Ай бұрын

Slavoj is a very coherent old-school leftist, the dreamer and humanitarian type. One could clamp him with, say, the likes of Chomsky and Finkelstein, but the similarity is only skin-deep. Slavoj is from Central Europe. He has the local grasp and perspective of what empires and brutal regimes, left OR right, here were actually doing. He is not only ideological bordering lunacy and 63n0cide denial at times when it comes to talking frankly about their ideological beloved, but standing knees deep in this soil that keeps him connected with reality.

@reb0tco678

Ай бұрын

Almost as if there is no reason for a leftist to tolerate a right wing dictatorship manifesting its imperial tendencies

@Dude0000

Ай бұрын

That would be very interesting. I don’t agree with most of what Zizek says, but I respect him, and I love Tom Holland. The more I think about it and both their respective works, the more intriguing it becomes, to me. I put the responsibility on you to make this happen.

@alexanderjames6020

Ай бұрын

@@Dude0000Id love to hear about what you most disagree with Zizek about!

@Dude0000

Ай бұрын

@@alexanderjames6020 well, off the top of my head, communism. Seriously, though, why is that a problem? Isn’t that a good thing to admire and be inspired by someone that you fundamentally disagree with. I like to hear his thought process on how he got to where he is, so I can be more comfortable in my own position, but also because my views change constantly in a infinitely complex and changing world. We need people with alternative personality traits, as liberals are creative and open, conservatives are conscientious and dutiful. Leftists tend on the neurotic side, conservatives on the assertive/disagreeable side. Liberals start companies, conservatives manage them. That’s, broadly, what they excel at. Also why government is wasteful (liberals managing) and Corporations inflexible and stagnant (Conservatives doing the creative work). When the left says ‘Diversity is our Strength’, this is true, if they meant these things, diversity in personality traits, and ideas. Unfortunately, they’re (not all, for sure, including Zizek to his credit) going down the tribalistic route that is deep in the soul of every human’ internal animalistic core, of diversity of immutable characteristics. I’ll let you into a secret, since you got this far. I’ve not listened to him in depth for a few years, and since Trump has taken over everything, it would be interesting to see how he has responded.

Ladies and gents, this is one of the best interviewees ever. With the exception of supporting trump over hillary, he is spot on about the issues that face humanity today and how we arrived here. Describes exactly how the younger generations truly feel. One of the only few people who have the intellect and communication skills to speak the truth.

@Eli-pe6ku

Ай бұрын

I criticised Žižek for provoking with Trump in 2016. Unfortunately, many people took him seriously and voted for Trump. So shortsighted...

Happy birthday Slavoj! :)

I feel as jiterry and affected as Slavoj after listening to so many years of ruZZian state propaganda! It really takes a toll on your mind! You start going crazy!

@yuriy5376

Ай бұрын

That’s the point: Russian propaganda is schizophrinogenic by design

Half an hour is never enough when Zizek is speaking

@tonyr4873

26 күн бұрын

I could only take 3 minutes of that voice.

I love Zizek, and now that I'm hearing about this book and I'm about to go see if there's an audiobook... with all due respect, NEVER have I hoped the author is NOT the audiobook reader harder, ever before.

The winners create the history we learn, and Shakespeare plays a part in that retrospectively

Zizek is so refreshingly right about this

@nikosantikythera2422

29 күн бұрын

He’s a liar.

@CemeteryGates17

24 күн бұрын

@@nikosantikythera2422 Fascinating argument, your 3 words, not quite convincing though.

@sk-sm9sh

7 күн бұрын

It is so obvious that Russias plan after Ukraine is baltic state it's enough to just listen Russian media and yet as someone who's from baltic countries I meet so many people who just can't be convinced Russia isn't going to stop with just getting what they want in Ukraine. People say if Russia just gets Donbas and Crimea and they will be done. No they won't. If we listen Russia media we hear that Russian regime is preparing Russian public for invasion of Baltic states. It's there it's in their public 1st Russian tv channel. All you need is to listen - they are not hiding it. I don't get it why it's so hard to understand it for some.

@dwl3006

5 күн бұрын

@@CemeteryGates17 Maybe watch Mearsheimer, Sachs or Chomsky if you want to hear someone who is actually right about this issue. Zizek has no clue. I never paid attention to him before, but now that I heard this generic whitebread take on such a critical issue, it's apparent that Zizek is not a serious intellectual. Zizek isn't refreshingly right about this, he's exceptionally wrong.

@jessew7565

4 күн бұрын

@@dwl3006 You wrote more words but didn't provide an argument

What an amazing man! Thank you.

6:38 in what way were they oppressed?!? They had the same citizen rights, there were schools that taught in Russian everywhere and the media was almost completely Russian altough most Ukrainians are Ukrainian speakers. It's rather even the opposite - the Ukrainian speaking majority was oppressed. If you didn't speak Russian before 2014 you could be discriminated at your work, in school in the media and if you spoke Ukrainian some Russian speakers would even physically attack you. I'm not kidding. The majority being oppressed by a minority is nothing special - it happens in basically every colonial country like in South Africa where an even slimmer minority oppressed the indigenous majority.

@user-uo7fw5bo1o

Ай бұрын

I think Slavoj is talking about what went on in the Donbass district after Russia's illegal taking of Crimea and the rise of "pro-Russian separatists".

@user-uo7fw5bo1o

Ай бұрын

​@@user-mc8wi2lg2m In what way? In Republican run states in the US it's exactly the opposite!

@Nethan2000

Ай бұрын

@@user-uo7fw5bo1o Being denied access to other people's children is not oppression.

@tekinfomedi

Ай бұрын

The question was whether Ukraine as defined by Ukraine SSR was even truly Ukrainian.

@e4arakon

Ай бұрын

@@Nethan2000 Being denied access to sex education is though. It's a big driver of teenage pregnancies, self harming behaviour, lack of help in abuse situations and so on and so on

We need a lot more Slavoj (and those with a similar analytical approach) in the discourse

Are they crazy he asks. Why yes they are. And crazy like stupidity loves company.

Ngl, this is Zizek's best 1 on 1 chat to date. Dialectics at it's purest, pure ideology.

Paradoxically, the only one who has truly understood Putin is only Macron. Simply unbelievable.

The unique quality of the Nazarene was that he understood how difficult it is for humans to be good. 🤔 ("Green Fire", IngramSpark, geoff nelson hill ) 🌈🦉

@geoffreynhill2833

Ай бұрын

Flame on, Slavoj !

@evangelicalsnever-lie9792

Ай бұрын

But he doesn't matter, if it's all made up Magical Woo fairytales.

I like this man, and I want to read his book (s).

@elvenkind6072

Ай бұрын

Know any titles? I reccommend his "perverrts guide to..." documentsties.

@ridge7524

19 күн бұрын

He sounds like he is very moral.I need to listen to more but he's right about the imperial march against the west and some here are helping them.That's not America First. .🇺🇲💙🗽

Great interview with lots of valuable thoughts! Hvala, Slavoj!

@Anashadk

Ай бұрын

Like 'he needs to use glue to keep his dentures fixed in place'

@damjanm3585

Ай бұрын

@@Anashadk I suppose you are talking about his stuttering.

@Anashadk

Ай бұрын

@@damjanm3585 No, I am talking about the unusual sounds he makes, these sounds indicate that his false teeth sit too loose or are missing (bottom jaw).

@damjanm3585

Ай бұрын

@@Anashadk I doubt that it is so but my advice, focus on the content of the interview. You will get some knowledge.

@DerDop

Ай бұрын

@@Anashadk your IQ test came negative.

Democracy does not work in a two-party system.

@apyllyon

25 күн бұрын

living in a multi party democracy, i can tell you democracy doesn´t always work in multiparty systems either, still it´s far more preferrable over the alternative...

@VeganSemihCyprus33

22 күн бұрын

For more wisdom 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙌

@berczigabor

21 күн бұрын

The problem is not how many parties you have, but when people band in political camps, and vote based on which party they voted for last, instead of evaluating their interests and values and how much those are reflected by the deeds of the candidates they can vote for. A two party system is the result of people not doing this "due diligence" and they banding together in rigid camps, not the cause of it.

@Dralchemy

21 күн бұрын

Democracy doesn't work at all. We've just lived in economically good times where we were able to pacify people with rapid wealth growth. once the wealth growth slows democracy will weaken

@janeza382

21 күн бұрын

In true democracy not everyone have right to vote.

"Well, What do you think now of the French Revolution??" -- "Well, it's too early to say!" Love it, Love it. Bravo!

I love this gentleman. I became a fan.

@elvenkind6072

Ай бұрын

Yes, a pure personality. Deep, uncomplicated intellect. ❤

@tomislavcuric513

Ай бұрын

Boljševik zizek

@robertortiz-wilson1588

Ай бұрын

Fool.

@thetruthis24

Ай бұрын

This gentleman is so cool. I became an air conditioner.

@janeza382

21 күн бұрын

You are Christian or Athesit?!

Not too late, but, this is the time to stand up for FDR'S Social Democracy ❤😊 Vote as if your life depends on it, we've been through this before...Never bend the knee to a Tyrant ❤

@BoycottChinaa

Ай бұрын

Would have failed if the WW2 jobs program hadn't saved the New Deal from itself..

@BoycottChinaa

Ай бұрын

I support Ukraine, always have, because putina has not yet learned how dangerous his "friend" in the east actually is, to all of the world

@cheriea7764

Ай бұрын

FDR jr. Is a conspiracy theorist who believes misinformation, America needs honest politicians like Bernie, right now to save democracy Biden is best choice.

@cheriea7764

Ай бұрын

FDR Jr. Is a conspiracy theorist, America wants honest politicians like Bernie, but now Biden is our beat chance for democracy.

@LarryFeinburg

24 күн бұрын

Did you watch the clip in it's entirety Kathleen? Zizek clearly says that there is no return to the old social democratic ideal...

I am not sure I agree with Slavoj ( even if I agree with everything else he saysk) about Europe as merely a 'museum' state. Where does China and the US buy all their high-end stuff from? Europe, of course! Planes, cars, military, technology, champagne, clothing, food, etc....

@greenaum

25 күн бұрын

Selling mostly luxury goods is another example of being a museum state! Luxury items have cachet because of the castles and the great painters and dramatists and all of that. A Swiss watch isn't really better than a Japanese one, but they sell for more. It's the "chocolate box" part of European culture that sells all of these expensive goods. Stylish Italians and superior French food. The myth, rather than the modern reality. Of course Europe doesn't just make luxury goods, but those are the ones foreigners are most interested in buying. Britain makes lots of food but nobody would import it!

@velvetimpulse

24 күн бұрын

Especially when it comes to industrial tech, worldwide, most of it is European.

Bravo! Thank you!

Slavoj is a great mind and I certainly agree on many things with him, yet sometimes I get the feeling that he only follows certain paths or directions in his Ideas why disregard others that are forcing themselves on to the person following his explanations. His ideas on moral and religion make perfect sense and are, as far as I can say, absolutely conclusive. Others seem to be taught through only in certain directions, treating questionable or debatable assumptions within his thinking as given facts. The topic I find this treat of his most obvious is Ukraine. While admitting that Ukraine maid many mistakes and there certainly where reasons to intervene from the Russian standpoint, he then goes on to claim that Putin without any doubt is an imperialist that will go for the rest of of post soviet countries if not stopped in Ukraine. While I do agree that Putin has an imperial mindset, claiming that he would go on to conquer the rest of Eastern Europe is an fix idea with utter disregard to the reality of the geopolitical situation on the one hand and the fact that the Russians where the only of the directly involved parties (the West, Ukraine, Russia) to bring an and to the conflict by negotiations. As John Mearsheimer says, one would need to provide evidence for the case that Putin thought this is desirable and feasible for Russia and such a case never stood firm against the argumentation of Mearsheimer. It is simply a fairytale designed to excuse the western imperialistic politics. And the reason that democracy is ending is not Russia. Democracy is not ending in the east, since it never was as prominent and embedded in the culture there. It is ending in the west, ending by erosion from within. Ending by corruption within the system, by the deep state, by remodeling the socioeconomic structure (techno feudalism), by erosion of Western culture mainly, rule by consent (corruption and lack of liability for political class), freedom of speech (corruption in media, political correctness or wokeness), the rule of law (constitution being undermined and bend by ruling parties). The west ist destroying it self while pointing the finger at others! This is our problem, not Putin. The western politics do not fear China because of their authoritarian style they envy them and will do anything to get the same grip on society China has on theirs.

Amazing interview thank you Times .. thank you Slavoj . Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

This is the kind of discussion that we desperately need in Europe to get in shape for a new era. Mr. Zizek’s hologramic approach in relation to current affairs is brilliant. What is happening today is reliant on what we do tomorrow. 26:40

@robinbreeds9217

Ай бұрын

You do know this guy Slavoj Žižek' afew years ago i did hear him talk. Then i put Steven Bannon on and word for word they sounded the same. Point for point they said the same thing on economics and political. They both blamed Wall Street or both said the middle class are going it was as if one had been copying the other. Just because one is called left wing and takes loads of coke is he better, and the other is called right wing and is he to be hated as the media told you to hate him.

Now listen to Zizek's exchange with Piers Morgan. Good too.

@markoljubi4396

Ай бұрын

i think you can not compare them, Žižek is not taking sides, he is only objective observer, while Morgan is more riding wave of popularity, not the real thinker

@martycrow

Ай бұрын

@@markoljubi4396 Zizek has taken to saying that he is a conservative Marxist. So he is 'taking sides' even though it is complex and ambiguous. BTW, I was not comparing Zizek to Piers Morgan, but the former's appearance on the latter's show. The idea that you could imply otherwise was irritating enough to make me reply. Enjoy!

@calzonelover3950

Ай бұрын

​@@markoljubi4396 Zizek is definitely more of a "real thinker" compared to Morgan but he would not call himself and objective observer, his whole critique of ideology is that you can't separate yourself from it to be impartial etc

Food for thought. Great of Times Radio to post this to challenge us.

Such a wonderful interview. Thank you for having Zizek on for this conversation.

Absolutely love Bernie Sanders ❤ The best of us ♥ Support Ukraine 🇺🇦, whatever she needs, fighting for their lives, their families, their homeland, their Democracy, & Democracies around the world 🌎

@cdybft9050

Ай бұрын

The woke cult says native Europeans have no hone. That they need “replaced.” YOU SAID THAT!!!! EVERY DAY IN YOUR WOKE PROPAGANDA!!! Now you change your tune? What a lie democracy is.

@justtiredthings

23 күн бұрын

what democracy?

@partymantis3421

16 күн бұрын

Exactly, the US missed an oppurtunity to choose the exact person they needed, rather than that bronze bafoon, Power to Ukrane & all democracys of the world , & may the russian people be free one day of Putin & his cronies.

Unfortunately for the argument, the Bhagavad Gita is not Buddhist

@user-yh2pd6dp9o

Ай бұрын

Yeah! He speaks the real bs

@blascantu7221

Ай бұрын

He didn’t call it Buddhist. He mentions Buddhism but he was speaking more broadly of eastern religions and Hinduism is an eastern religion.

@MichelC2000

Ай бұрын

@@blascantu7221This individual, in the same breadth, associates “top US corporate managers” who declare themselves Buddhists with Heinrich Himmler, the architect of the final solution, because, I am assuming, he is reading the Bhagavad Gita. Then continues to claim that both Buddhist and Hindu philosophies profess detachment from acts committed, which, in my evaluation, can only show malicious disingenuousness or utter ignorance of both. And, this person concludes that Christianity is therefore preferable because it is centered around love… Anyone who has read page one of any introduction to Buddhism will know that the core tenets of Buddhism are to do no harm and love all living things.

@xXVeranXx

Ай бұрын

​@@MichelC2000 yes, thank you! I found that really frustrating

@ericpmoss

28 күн бұрын

@@MichelC2000 Regarding your last sentence, fine, but... is a religion/philosophy what someone wrote long ago, or what its practitioners do today? Half of America's self-described Christians are willing to "lie for Jesus", are happy to cast the first stone, pray loudly and publicly to be seen doing so, and would probably crucify Jesus if he returned as just another brown guy from the Middle East telling them to care for the poor immigrants. And they would say that he wasn't a real Christian. As for Buddhists, the priests in Myanmar are persecuting the Rohingya and have no trouble quoting whatever they need to pretend it is not a genocide. I think all we can count on is that people pick their religion to fit their politics, and their politics to fit their fear and prejudice.

Dam!.missed out on ths awesome man..my new idol!😊👍

@ginemginem

Ай бұрын

A nice jumping in point would be to see his film "A Perverts Guide to Cinema"

He has so much to say but is still so polite to the interviewer!

Brilliant!

The Bagavad Gita isn't recognized as a Buddhist text. And Buddhism holds that Nirvana is actually here and all it takes is realization, very similarly to Zizek's take on Christianity in this interview. And Buddhism says not to do painful things to others because of the damage it does to the doer as well as others. I like Zizek and I never caught him taking such bad shortcuts before just to make a point.

thank you!!! I never thought I would see this conversation here; ❤❤

We won’t need NATO when the Russian Federation is broken up into 25 separate and independent states not controlled by Moscow.

@kevinbailey3384

Ай бұрын

Actually, that is when we have greater need for NATO

@nickinurse118

Ай бұрын

That already happened, and we still need NATO. After the Soviet Union folded up and dissolved, there were dozens of independent countries formed. The problem is that Russia wants them back now

@greggcarrier5831

Ай бұрын

Russia is not the only country that dreams of world power and hates the western world .

@talesofcanterbury42

Ай бұрын

@@kevinbailey3384Probably not. They may have the nukes, but no ability to use them.

@marcrud1250

Ай бұрын

Keep dreaming...

I’m sorry, yet you don’t seem to have given any thought to the questions you’ve asked. As if we are not already aware of the situation and how it’s developed after two years. Anyone who does not understand Putin lies and the injustice by now, should be asked to leave the room.

@ac583

Ай бұрын

Slavoj during the interview repeated several lies straight out of russian propaganda.

Times Radio does a lot of great work. This is some of the finest. Thanks.

I am a leftist and NOT AT ALL a centrist. And I agree that to side with Putin because he is anti-Nato is just horrible. To be critical of Nato is legitimate. But not because you want to excuse Putinism or Russia's attack on Ukraine. You can be pro-Ukraine and leftist at the same time, whether or not you are wholeheartedly a Nato fan or not.

No, Russians or Russian speakers were never oppressed anywhere in Ukraine ever. There has never been separatism in Ukraine, even in Crimea, other than what Moscow incepted, funded, organized, commanded and controlled. Ever. I know because I served in the Russian military.

@zeeninetynine

Ай бұрын

Def, there were divisions and struggle for sure but nothing like oppression.

@tekinfomedi

Ай бұрын

Sounds a bit like Xinjiang with US replacing Russia? 😊😊

Okay I'm listening

Zizek is wrong when he says eastern’s approach to “looking inwards to achieve knowledge” will lead to find hate so we should avoid it. He is extremely wrong about this because he doesn’t understand Brahman, Bhagavad Gita or even the philosophies of Quakerism (which in fact are western!). All of them teach that when you truly look inside to find knowledge, what you will find is that we are all part of the same, and we should find a way to heal by uniting in peace. If Himmler used that to logic “I am not my actions therefore I can do whatever I want” then he didn’t really look inward, but instead only scratched the surface enough to justify his evil actions to himself (which is just Ego). Himmler did not achieve gnosis, otherwise he would’ve understood that jews are the same as him, and therefore he wouldn’t have commited genocide. THAT’s the truth Zizek doesn’t get about eastern philosophy and religion.

@TheGordeaux

25 күн бұрын

so true. he's clearly wrong about this stuff, imo.

This is exactly what I needed to hear. Many public figures appear disconnected from reality, but Žižek really speaks the truth!

Brilliant, on all three subjects that were discussed He has the ability to vocalise many of the opinions and thoughts that I have

Fascinating

Long time ago philosophers were teaching youth to think for themselves. Now, every philosopher became influencer, politician and difficult to say are they playing crazy/ clever or some of them simply bad. I’ve listened to this one, and I do like him.

Deep good analys 😊

I didn't expect an X-files reference. 😂

Bravo Slavoj Zizek!

When intellectuals fail to recognize and acknowledge the obvious, then it is clear that deterioration of that specific society is in full swing. Shame, such a shame.....

Interviewers probably wiping their faces after this one.

😂😂😂😂 what a comesy guy he is , has nothing in his head

Everyone's falling over themselves in the comments, but if you ask me Zizek is basically a nominally-left version of a Jordan Petersen or Ben Shapiro, except that he's educated and unorthodox enough to remain interesting. He's constantly generating extremely dubious premises or incredibly subjective and symbolic angles on the phenomena that he needs to force-fit to support his positions; he jumps from non-sequitur to non-sequitur at a dizzying pace and can barely string together a 3-step logical argument. He's fascinating to watch, and I think his frenetically divergent mind certainly provides food for thought and might challenge dogmatic thinking patterns, but I don't think that he brings much substance to the table, ultimately.

@Tomislavr7

4 күн бұрын

He feels like creative AI when you ask it to talk about something complex. :D But yeah, not someone to be taken seriously.

I don't know if this is what himler said about the bhagavad gita or whether this is zizek's misinterpretation but this is not what the Gita says. The Gita says that even though you love peace and non-violence, sometimes a war against evil is necessary and when you engage in that war you should not identify egoicly and hate your enemy but rather just do what you know is right. Zizek completely misunderstand the profoundity of that text which actually points to spiritual transcendence that is not just a mental idea but an actual realization.

I find it funny how reactionaries, revolutionaries, and sane people are all using Žižek to support their arguments.

@schurlbirkenbach1995

5 күн бұрын

And that is the reason of his success.

Absolutely Fascinating! To say the least. Incite insight!

Very interesting interview. The only problem is that Slavoj falsely stated that there was a persecution of the Donbas people. Such a fundamental misconception.

@megaponful

Күн бұрын

There was, not anymore since Russia is there now.

terrific post, you two!

If he is one of the greatest thinkers of our time, we are f*c*ed.

Nice to hear some new thinking rather than the same dumb down pro/anti opinions on things. Lots to mull over. Thanks times radio.

I needed to hear this discussion. Mr Zizek (apologies but I cannot apply the necessary accents for his family name) is a rational and morally measured character who provides a direct and judicious assessment of religion, politics and various social structures based on their geographical regions.

Thank You Sir for this enlightening discussion topic. Much food for thought! Well done to you and your interviewer.

For the life me I can't understand why people think Slavoj is so "brilliant".

Was struggling to find my philosophical compass but not anymore.

The Genius strikes again.

"Man is born free but he is everywhere in chains." Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 1712 - 1778 )

Rebranding the fundamental principles of communism to Christian Atheism is pure genius. "A religion of commitment", a commitment to the common good. What Zizek proposes is an overhaul of a historically developed deeply intrinsic cultural ideology that permeates the entire social psyche; an improbable task.

@nicholashanson9508

19 күн бұрын

but communism is evil

He understands nothing about bhagawat Gita...just by noting that himmler read Gita doesn't mean anything..it's one of the most profound books...rather it's only a chapter of the great Indian epic ..Mahabharat

@fathomless2151

22 күн бұрын

I think there’s truth to its misuse and Buddhism’s misuse as a whole surely you don’t support Myanmar’s theocracy or Imperial Japan’s use of Zen Buddhism. Doesn’t mean the religion is wrong it just means that, like Christianity, people use it wrongly.

@firstnamelastname5925

20 күн бұрын

@@fathomless2151Gita is Hindu not Buddhist lol Cool political take though, maybe look up the book first next time.

JB said "minor incursion" into Ukraine is ok and a month later Russia invaded Ukraine

If you spend time opening your mind and heart to the teachings of buddhism, you'll find it has nothing to do with concepts like religion or science. You realize that outside and inside are the same thing.

Quantum superposition of possible outcomes - very apt. I don't often agree with Žižek, but in this particular interview, it's like he's channeling my own thinking....

When did we have a "Democracy" in the first place 😂😂😂

Would be interesting to see a poll in England and Wales for a return to monarchy over squabbling party's.

Falling in love with philosophy beyond newtonian mechanics (there is always a "force" which meets a "reaction"), mixing itself with "superposition of states", "interferences" of quantum mechanics! Looking forward to "Orbitals", "eigenstates" and "quantum tunnellings"!

I could tell from the clips at the start that I was going to disagree with much of what this chap was saying, which is why I tried to listen to him. I got as far as the point when he tried to praise the EU, completely ignoring that its parliament has no real power at all, and that its laws are enacted by people whom the electorate has no power to remove. From what I understand, it is modelled on the old Soviet Politburo. And, while it is true that Jose Manuel Barroso was voted in as the President of the European Commission, it is also true that he was the only person on the ballot. I wonder how many youngsters from Gen Z would like to put that in their pipe and smoke it, without it causing an uncomfortable level of cognitive dissonance. Also, this fellow appeared to be somewhat disapproving of the uber-large corporations such as Amazon, which is aligned to the WEF and its 'values', while being blind to the notion that globalist enterprises such as the EU primarily exist for the benefit of those organisations. The collectivist project known as Net Zero and the lies (pre-ordained computer models which turn out to be wrong time and time again) is nothing more than the drive to total population control and one-world government, with the UN as the executive branch and the WEF as the administrative branch, with all the profits going to them and the rest of their criminally corrupt mates. Why else would a reader of this comment think that they want to bring in CBDC's and put a 'carbon footprint' on your choice of holiday? The lies and corruption around much of what this chap seems to admire are so blatant, so out in the open, that I find it difficult to believe that he is not a willing participant in the corruption. Last, and by no means least, is his remark about the Jan 6th events that occurred in the U.S. Firstly, how does he think that those people managed to get into what is one of the most secure buildings on the planet; and, secondly, why does he not even acknowledge the extremely well-documented violence from the Left at around the same time, both from the thugs from BLM , who blatantly chose to ignore that the tactic used on George Floyd had been in use on white people as well, at least one of whom had died some three years prior, and the 100 or so nights of rioting by the same or affiliated thugs in the American city of Portland. If I had the time, I could probably write a book on the amount of selective twaddle this bloke is able to come out with.

@lydiazielinski

4 күн бұрын

👍

Don't say "The West". Say "The Free World" It drives Putin NUTS !

@kkkkkristo

Ай бұрын

smarter half of the Western population too.

@jeneric989

Ай бұрын

Smarter half of the *free* population too. (edit: spell check)

@Dude0000

Ай бұрын

Russia has always put a greater premium on security than freedom, due to the geographical and ethnically/culturally diverse and vast nature of the country. If you actually listened to him, directly, instead of using an intermediary to explain it for you, you’d find he’d probably mostly agree. Remember the lesson of Mean Mr Mustache Man loving dogs and being vegetarian. Pure good, and pure evil are beyond ideology, or epistemology, philosophy, even etiology, which is why religion is so fundamental to who we are and how we understand the world.

@tomislavcuric513

Ай бұрын

Žižek ti si jedna vreča govana

@JamieHumeCreative

Ай бұрын

Does it? Good to know. 🥰

Wow how good - Putin as a dangerous illegitimate leader. The two of you are brilliant. Putin needs a long starchy dress to get into the role of his Czarina Catherine the Great. She's his alter ego. He needs to start to wear a lotta lace to bring back the 1700's.

Brilliant stuff , thanks guys

I have no idea if Slavoj will ever read this, but I think it's somewhat cowardly to retreat to Christianity when one realizes that characters like Himmler abused documents like the Bhagavad Gita as psychological technology for sustaining systemic pain and suffering. I think it is brave of you, in contrast, to recognize the atheistic impulse in the essential Christian doctrine that Jesus, God incarnate, died for our sins and is now therefore dead in at least one sense. I am writing this comment halfway through the video in a state of half-drunken confusion and anticipation of what is yet to be revealed in this interview. Thank you for this experience, so far.

I feel bad to say never heard of mr. Zizek until now. I find this kind of discussions enlightening, like THIS is what we should talk and think about more often. I'' try to find more about him. Thank you!

@ginemginem

Ай бұрын

Try and find his film "A Perverts Guide to Cinema" I think it's a nice jumping in point.

@sezwo5774

Ай бұрын

Me too. Thanks.

Interesting conversation indeed. Can agree fully what he said abt big corporations, todays world is controlled by big tech corporations.