Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Slavoj Žižek: We Need Thinking New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Slavoj Zizek answers the question, “Do you think science […]
The Optimism of Melancholia Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The philosopher on why Melancholia is actually an optimistic movie. ———————————————————————————- SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European […]
Don’t Act. Just Think. New videos weekly: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think+ for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- Philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek has a bone to pick with the PC movement. While he doesn’t buy into the right-wing paranoid view that the politically correct […]
PATREON: [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3261155] MUSIC: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPZHZzvSPYvqyk-nFS9kDA] TWITTER: [https://twitter.com/5isyphus55] SOURCES Much of the philosophy section relied on a primary reading of Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules For Life” Journal of Jungian Studies article [https://brill.com/view/journals/ijjs/12/2/article-p129_1.xml?rskey=t520Um&result=1](https://brill.com/view/journals/ijjs/12/2/article-p129_1.xml?rskey=t520Um&result=1) Peterson and the Lobster [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/04/jordan-peterson-needs-to-reconsider-the-lobster/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/04/jordan-peterson-needs-to-reconsider-the-lobster/) Peterson’s definition of postmodernism in relation to marxism [https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/philosophy/postmodernism-definition-and-critique-with-a-few-comments-on-its-relationship-with-marxism/](https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/philosophy/postmodernism-definition-and-critique-with-a-few-comments-on-its-relationship-with-marxism/) [https://notesonliberty.com/2018/05/27/jordan-petersons-ignorance-of-postmodern-philosophy/](https://notesonliberty.com/2018/05/27/jordan-petersons-ignorance-of-postmodern-philosophy/) Bill C-16 [https://torontosun.com/2016/10/19/u-of-t-tells-outspoken-prof-to-stop-making-public-statements](https://torontosun.com/2016/10/19/u-of-t-tells-outspoken-prof-to-stop-making-public-statements) [https://torontoist.com/2016/12/are-jordan-petersons-claims-about-bill-c-16-correct/](https://torontoist.com/2016/12/are-jordan-petersons-claims-about-bill-c-16-correct/) [http://sds.utoronto.ca/blog/bill-c-16-no-its-not-about-criminalizing-pronoun-misuse/](http://sds.utoronto.ca/blog/bill-c-16-no-its-not-about-criminalizing-pronoun-misuse/) […]
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3261155 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/5isyphus55 Sources Primary Sources of “The Courage of Hopelessness” and “Event” by Zizek were used Lightman Quote: [http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/legacy/papers/lightman.html](http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/legacy/papers/lightman.html) How To Read Zizek: [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-read-zizek/](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-read-zizek/) His Tics: [https://www.douban.com/note/538088621/](https://www.douban.com/note/538088621/) Philosophy: [https://iep.utm.edu/zizek/#Ha](https://iep.utm.edu/zizek/#Ha) Transgender Article: [https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-sexual-is-political/](https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-sexual-is-political/) Transgender Article II: [https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/transgender-dogma-is-naive-and-incompatible-with-freud/](https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/transgender-dogma-is-naive-and-incompatible-with-freud/) Criticism on Trans Article: [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/zizeks-transgender-trouble/](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/zizeks-transgender-trouble/) Response to Criticism: [https://zizek.uk/a-reply-to-my-critics-re-the-sexual-is-political/](https://zizek.uk/a-reply-to-my-critics-re-the-sexual-is-political/) General Critique: [https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/10/what-is-zizek-for](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/10/what-is-zizek-for) […]
Slavoj Žižek on Synthetic Sex and “Being Yourself” Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Philosopher and social critic Slavoj Žižek dislikes the sense of self-commodification and self-manipulation innate in online dating. People strive for perfection when they set up […]
Slavoj Žižek: Democracy and Capitalism Are Destined to Split Up Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that our current brand of global capitalism is quickly outgrowing democracy and that a divorce between the two is […]
Start your 1 month free trial of The Great Courses Plus today! http://ow.ly/TOm8309wTBS Time for some more reading recommendations! This month I’m talking about Graham Greene, the artist David Hockney, crime and punishment, politics, and Slavoj Žižek. My book wishlist: http://amzn.eu/i7gGjam Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Tip Jar: Paypal.me/PhilosophyTube FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb […]
Here’s a video examining Slavoj Žižek’s book “Violence” in a bit more detail. It’s got some interesting things to say about politics, democracy, and capitalism, but there’s some problems too. Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Paypal.me/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/jgjek5w Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube realphilosophytube.tumblr.com Recommended Reading: […]
A 4-part series about liberalism. In this episode, how political ideologies work, the role of violence in politics, how liberalism makes exceptions, and how it markets itself as “centrist” and “reasonable.” Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Paypal.me/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/jgjek5w Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube realphilosophytube.tumblr.com Recommended […]
