PERSONAL GROWTH WITHOUT ILLUSIONS!
Slavoj Žižek
Professor and Philosopher
Slavoj Žižek is one of those rare thinkers who can reference Marx, Hegel, Lacan and The Matrix in the same sentence and make sense. Born in 1949 in what was then Yugoslavia, now Slovenia, he graduated in philosophy and psychoanalysis and went on to become one of the most provocative voices in contemporary critical theory.
With an electric style and reasoning, Žižek criticises capitalism, ideology, pop culture and even the left with the same passion with which he quotes Hitchcock or makes faces in interviews. A prolific author, he challenges easy reading and complacent thinking, like a true master of intellectual discomfort. More than a philosopher, Žižek is a walking theoretical earthquake, always ready to remind us that real thinking hurts — and is extremely necessary.