Slavoj Zizek Picks His Best Three Books

This video is from 2005. Here's my stuff on Zizek, helpfully compiled (aussiesta.wordpress.com/categ...) including a beginner's guide to Zizek and a lot more: aussiesta.wordpress.com/2017/...
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[@JohnNobody_]

Three of my best books are, unfortunately, four! -Zizek

[@Atsab9]

So: -The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) -Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology (1993) -The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Center of Political Ontology (1999) -The Parallax View (2006) Four, fortunately!

[@atthesunrise]

Thank you!

[@Stereotype23]

I would still rate these as his best of the ones I've read, although his book on Hegel should be good

[@Sulsfort]

@@Stereotype23 'Less than Nothing' or 'Hegel in a Wired Brain'?

[@Stereotype23]

@@Sulsfort was thinking of "Less Than Nothing" although I haven't read it yet

[@naxsis_1Ki1game]

thx king

[@Jawshuah]

Slavoj needs to dress likes this more often

[@Butumani]

Why, Mr Sanchez?

[@ultimatedoomer9875]

Not really, he literally looks like a greek philosopher

[@jajlertil]

I want to agree but his staind t-shirts are too iconic

[@nazarruulhaqi4046]

@@ultimatedoomer9875 He's got that balkan looks afterall

[@intifadayuri]

He would be too powerful if he was also handsome

[@marcostorrestaboada5502]

hahahahaha, that ending was the most. I love him a lot

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Lol

[@thelemur]

love the fact that he critiques him self so blantantly. Respect.

[@muratbilgehan5142]

I didn't understand what he said. What was the last sentence?

[@IvoMaropo]

Do not forget your For They Know Not What They Do, Slavoj! Brilliant work.

[@leonkarlosnunes4135]

I think he mentioned that book, when he said Sublime Object

[@antie5459]

and less than nothing...

[@omerpasa3328]

1-Sublime object 2-Tarrying with negative 3-The Ticklish Subject 4-now the new one ???!

[@varlamplatonov6099]

It was Parallax View

[@babbisp1]

Does the full interview exist on KZbin?

[@Sunshine99283]

sometimes, it's funny to think that his way of talking is always funny.

[@sadinhamadouchi8280]

He cant change it why is it funny

[@dannydreadnought-xk4qx]

He sounds like Daffy Duck forgot his hay-fever tablets.

[@wandersonmartins5597]

what he said at the end?

[@octopusexperiment1931]

Also shout out to How To Read Lacan, its not really a zizek book (does what it says on the cover) but its very helpful for Lacanian concepts and very comprehensible i found.

[@joekreissl4499]

why is his body on fast forward mode

[@Research0digo]

I adore this man!!

[@turquise.identity]

A masterpiece on KZbin

[@_munkykok_]

MUNKYKOK agrees 👍

[@komfyrion]

Tried to read Tarrying with the negative after finding it in a give and take bookshelf. Didn't understand a thing. It seemed like I would have needed to read a shit ton of Descartes and Kant to understand the first chapter alone.

[@ZHIRLAX]

Есть такое

[@jellophant9716]

dont worry dude just watch Taxi Driver one time

[@ZHIRLAX]

@@jellophant9716 ну да, есть такое)

[@jellophant9716]

@@ZHIRLAX please i dont speak russian

[@ZHIRLAX]

@@jellophant9716 ok

[@joshboyle3126]

what was his most recent book he was referring to in this video?

[@CrimeEnjoyer]

Parallax View

[@andymarin6725]

What is this "New One" that he is referring to?

[@aussiesta]

don't know

[@farukyalcn7981]

probably its the parallax view

[@andymarin6725]

faruk yalçın why, thank you, stranger :)

[@andymarin6725]

The problem is The Parallax View came out in 2006, and this interview (according to the description) is from 2005.

[@farukyalcn7981]

Andy May I think he is talking about the parallax view due to 2 reasons, first it is his magnum opus as he mentioned and second, it is published in early 2006, in february. So he is probably talking about it :)

[@lvcilfer_]

I ate a potato

[@ethansadberry6069]

Thank you for doing that

[@parikshitr.rajpara5187]

My boi is dressed up sharp

[@debranchistesdumondeentier2946]

which one is the new one? 2005=Puppet and dwarf 2003? Parallax view 2006? How to read Lacan 2006?

[@samwellick1706]

Other comments have mentioned it's parallax view

[@debranchistesdumondeentier2946]

@@samwellick1706 yes seen indeed many thanks anyway!

[@danalexander2149]

Zizek’s fourth favorite book is: “Lose Your Lisp in 30 Days” by Dr. Jason Sweers, M.D.

[@l_shaun_bunds_l]

Plague of fantasies, ticklish subject at least

[@avinashprasadfilms]

No sniffing 🤔

[@user-gy8in7ui2c]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-gy8in7ui2c]

like most of philosophers do. Pelevin describing of their lives just brilliant.

[@irfanimp]

Never tickle a genius! Or he'll spit in your face!.Zizek.

[@YonatanSetbon]

before nose stuff

[@user-em2mo5hc5h]

Гений!

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Interesting.

[@bottomendbliss]

"You cannot really accept that, that piece of meat, that's thought" amen.

[@jordifaxon3386]

now with hindsight we'd add less than nothing and sex and the failed absolute

[@l_shaun_bunds_l]

Sublime object is just another collection

[@dodekaedius]

Somehow, I missed the part, where he picks his three best books. Subtitles would be helpful

[@Arareemote]

Copied from the top comment: The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) the Critique of Ideology (1993) -The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Center of -Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and Political Ontology (1999) -The Parallax View (2006)

[@waraabebidaarleh3165]

-The holy Qur'an -The Lord of the Rings -A Song of Ice and Fire

[@resena7234]

based

[@brunoheggli2888]

No Lord of the Rings,no Steven King ?

[@acidspit14]

he's not american

[@scotttatertot69]

Liberal Zizek can't hurt you...

[@hoochygucci9432]

Post modernist, circular dribble.

[@user-gy8in7ui2c]

He is too speedy, that's for sure!

[@Artem-tm5gg]

Luke Skywalker

[@pallaskedisiCokiyi]

Bro thinks he is Luke Skywalker from the last trilogy

[@thechadeuropeanfederalist893]

So Zizek is not for democracy and not for pluralism in society anymore?

[@capitanmission]

jaja Im not sure he knows what he wants

[@CautiousKieran]

Probs about what one settles for conceptually when they strive for demiocracy

[@demit189]

Lmao he's a confusing guy, I think he wants something like Plato

[@simonereckhaus6469]

based

[@Stereotype23]

I think its not so much being against democracy and pluralism as its about not having a naive view of them

[@athelstan5794]

who is this

[@formicidaeinc.8075]

Karl Marx

[@N19N90N9]

Mr Hegel

[@mariettestabel275]

@@N19N90N9 Hahahahaha 🌏

[@Velidmujic111]

Lunatic.

[@l_shaun_bunds_l]

Just like most of his verso publications I payed way too much money for. At least the culture war woke me up to the stupidity and consequence of Judith Butler and most of the k theory shit I used to espouse. Then again, we always smashed identity politics.

[@adwinmadwin3991]

What on earth are you talking about. The "culture war" is a load of inconsequential garbage trump supporters from 4chan pretend is some meaningful battle of ideas. Also Zizek and Butler are generally decent theorists even still today, (despite any mistakes they certainly do make as academic types).

[@adwinmadwin3991]

As for paying too much money you're probably right. Verso isn't even a great publisher though, despite a few decent publications.

[@brunorockline517]

Aymundo you need more reading and less ideology, I am from Brasil and the 2018 elections in my country was all about cultural war against the system ,and the people won ,some people pay heavy cash to influence people’s ideas and the way they live of talk now days

[@arminie9400]

@@brunorockline517 Bolsonaro used social media in disgusting ways to stir up the culture war and win the election.

[@familyjermihov2503]

You’re speaking very naively my friend. And yes. You’re cynical but for the wrong reasons.

[@arldoran]

I cannot stand this hypocrite apologist.

[@herm574]

Apologist for what exactly?

[@arldoran]

@@herm574 for that disaster called Communism. You can resume all of his work in one simple sentence: "Noone was really communist, not even Marx! So, Communism cannot be blamed for what happened during the 20th century." What a hoax he is... The moment the shit hit the fan; he was like "Nope! I'm not a Marxist. I'm a Hegelian!" How convenient!

[@bwm_72]

?

[@jmaguire2232]

@@herm574I have to imagine he’s referring to 20th century communist regimes, which is baffling considering how critical he is of them. Then again OP might be a tankie, in which case he’d have to be referring to his relatively charitable attitude toward liberal democracies. Who’s to say?

[@grivza]

@@jmaguire2232 Considering when the initial comment was made, the guy is probably referring to Zizek's pro NATO stance.