“Sorry guys, I was just kidding – there is no democracy!”
From Big Tech to cancel culture, neoliberalism to political symbolism, all get Žižek’s signature treatment in part 1 of his conversation with journalist Owen Jones. If you want to understand Trump’s second term, the decline of democracy, and the rise of a new technocratic order, don’t miss this unfiltered ride through the headlines – and beneath them.
Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst and political activist. He is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and Eminent Scholar at Kyung-Hee University, Seoul. His previous books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Trouble in Paradise and Like a Thief in Broad Daylight.
Owen Jones was born in Sheffield, grew up in Stockport and studied history at Oxford. His first book, the international bestseller Chavs, was long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award and chosen as one of The New York Times top 10 non-fiction books of 2011. In 2013 he won Young Writer of the Year at the Political Book Awards. His second book was the bestselling The Establishment: and How They Get Away With It, an exposé of Britain’s powerful elites. He is a columnist for the Guardian and a frequent broadcaster.
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