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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

Writing for PS since 2022
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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. Fundamentalist Perverts
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    Fundamentalist Perverts

    Jan 9, 2025 Slavoj Žižek regards most violent religious conservatism as merely an inauthentic expression of resentment.

  2. What Did We Miss in Syria?
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    What Did We Miss in Syria?

    Dec 13, 2024 Slavoj Žižek thinks the prosperous West no longer understands what genuine political struggle looks like.

  3. Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Nov 22, 2024 Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.

  4. Saving Democracy from Itself
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Oct 25, 2024 Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.

  5. Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front
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    Nothing New on the Middle Eastern Front

    Oct 7, 2024 Slavoj Žižek sees developments in the year since October 7, 2023, as the logical realization of long-standing potentialities.

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    Three Reasons Why AI’s Momentum Could Stall in 2025

    Dambisa Moyo identifies three negative trends that could stifle innovation and slow the pace of technological progress.
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    Solving India’s Industrialization Puzzle

    Rabah Arezki & Partha Sen ask why, unlike Bangladesh and Vietnam, manufacturing has not benefited from rising labor costs in China.
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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

    see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.

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