Slavoj Žižek Quotes
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
Slavoj Žižek (2002). “Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates”, p.2, Verso
Slavoj Žižek (2014). “Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism”, p.170, Penguin UK
Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.
Slavoj Žižek (2009). “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce”, p.109, Verso
HARDtalk Interview, BBC World Service, January 12, 2010.
Beyond the fiction of reality, there is the reality of the fiction.
Slavoj Žižek (2012). “Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism”, p.4, Verso Books
"The Pervert's Guide to Ideology". Documentary, 2012.
Atheism is not the denial of the existence of God, but having doubts as to whether God is conscious.
Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.5, Verso
Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.4, Verso
What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?
Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.6, Verso
Slavoj Žižek (2001). “Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?”, Verso Books