Best of Slavoj Žižek | On cynicism, pleasure, philosophy, and more

Watch 45 minutes of Žižek's best takes and perspectives over the last years on the occasion of the famous philosopher's 75th birthday.

From highlighting our need for hypocrisy and our tendencies towards cynicism, to railing against art Biennales and declaring his desire for passionate love, Žižek comments on the large and the small in his typical engaging and unapologetic style.

He is not afraid to ask any question about the human condition: what can quantum physics and video games tell us about how to live? Should we give in to pleasure or accept that it is unachievable? Does neuroscience dismantle the possibility for free will?

00:00 Introduction
00:56 Why do we live in a cynical age?
10:40 Do we need hypocrisy?
24:22 Are we capable of loving?
34:26 Is philosophy a false guide?

#zizek #philosophy #morality

Debates and talks featured:
Heaven in disorder (Hay, 2022)
https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses/info/?course=heaven-in-disorder
Moral facts and moral fantasy (Hay, 2022)
https://iai.tv/video/moral-facts-and-moral-fantasy
Philosophy for cynical times (IAI Live,2020)
https://iai.tv/video/philosophy-for-cynical-times-slavoj-zizek
The end of good and evil (Hay, 2023)
https://iai.tv/video/the-end-of-good-and-evil
The game of life (Hay, 2023)
https://iai.tv/video/the-game-of-life
Nature friend or foe (Hay, 2022)
https://iai.tv/video/nature-friend-or-foe
Surplus happiness (Hay, 2023)
https://iai.tv/video/surplus-happiness
How philosophy got lost (Hay, 2022)
https://iai.tv/video/how-philosophy-got-lost
Liberty and the left (Hay, 2021)
https://iai.tv/video/liberty-and-the-left
The life and philosophy of Slavoj Žižek (Hay, 2023)
https://iai.tv/video/the-life-and-philosophy-of-slavoj-zizek
Fantasy and the void (Hay, 2021)
https://iai.tv/video/fantasy-and-the-void

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