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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

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Slavoj Žižek, Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School, is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and the author, most recently, of Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024).

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  1. Protests of Despair
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    Protests of Despair

    May 11, 2024 Slavoj Žižek sees the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations as a signal of a much deeper, widespread malaise.

  2. Canceling Palestine
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    Canceling Palestine

    Apr 23, 2024 Slavoj Žižek worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.

  3. No Barbarism Without Poetry
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    No Barbarism Without Poetry

    Apr 5, 2024 Slavoj Žižek considers what causes people – or entire societies – to relish spectacles of wanton cruelty.

  4. Haiti’s Proud Boys
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Mar 18, 2024 Slavoj Žižek warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.

  5. Lenin’s Lesson for Israel and Ukraine
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    Lenin’s Lesson for Israel and Ukraine

    Feb 6, 2024 Slavoj Žižek sees in the Bolshevik leader's principled pragmatism a political legacy that is relevant in many places today.

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    Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try

    Qiyuan Xu argues that high capital outflows – largely a result of US policy – have resulted in an undervalued renminbi.
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    The Dilemmas of the Dollar

    Barry Eichengreen

    The dollar's strength, particularly against major Asian currencies, has triggered a wave of skittishness in financial markets. Can anything be done to stem the greenback's rise, and even if something can be done, should it?

     asks whether anything can or should be done about the greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies.
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    Clean Cooking Advances Women’s Empowerment

    Rachel Ruto outlines a gender-based strategy for improving energy access and reducing air pollution in Africa.
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    There Can Be No Business as Usual for European Industry

    Judith Kirton-Darling urges EU leaders to make a renewed Green Deal, backed by competitiveness-bolstering initiatives, a top priority.
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    Protests of Despair

    Slavoj Žižek

    While the ongoing pro-Palestinian student protests have many superficial similarities to the student uprisings of the late 1960s, only the latter envisioned a new political movement to ameliorate the ills of their time. The current protesters' goals are far more modest, which makes them all the more tragic.

     sees the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations as a signal of a much deeper, widespread malaise.
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    The Rise of the Finternet

    Agustín Carstens & Nandan Nilekani foresee a world in which cheap, secure, and near-instantaneous financial transactions are available to all.
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    Don’t Fret About Green Subsidies

    Dani Rodrik sees no good argument against industrial policies that accelerate growth in decarbonization industries.
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    Europe’s Geoeconomic Competitiveness Challenge

    Daniel Gros highlights the security risks raised by the prolonged decline of the EU’s relative economic power.
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    How Exceptional Is China’s Crony-Capitalist Boom?

    Yuen Yuen Ang explains how corruption both drove the country's GDP growth and sowed the seeds for its current economic problems.

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