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Slavoj Zizek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism

Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 12:50 p.m.

This bonus episode features audio from the Holberg Debate in Bergen, Norway between Tyler and Slavoj \u017di\u017eek held on December 7, 2019. They discuss the reasons Slavoj (still) considers himself a Communist, why he calls The Handmaid\u2019s Tale \u201cnostalgia for the present,\u201d what he likes about Greta Thunberg, what Marx got right about the commodification of beliefs, his concerns about ecology and surveillance in communist states like China today, the reasons academia should maintain its \u2018useless character,\u2019 his beginnings as a Heideggerian, why he is distrustful of liberal optimism, the \u201cFukuyama dilemma\u201d we face, the importance of \u201cempty manners,\u201d and more.

Read a\xa0full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video.

Recorded December 7th, 2019

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