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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

Writing for PS since 2022
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Slavoj Žižek, Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School, is International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and the author, most recently, of Heaven in Disorder (OR Books, 2021).

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  1. Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality
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    Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality

    May 29, 2023 Slavoj Žižek sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.

  2. Suck My Tongue, Crush My Balls
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    Suck My Tongue, Crush My Balls

    Apr 20, 2023 Slavoj Žižek reflects on the cultural confusion surrounding the Dalai Lama’s recent controversy.

  3. The Post-Human Desert
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    The Post-Human Desert

    Apr 7, 2023 Slavoj Žižek considers the existential implications of handing over control to superintelligent systems.

  4. Artificial Idiocy
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    Artificial Idiocy

    Mar 23, 2023 Slavoj Žižek fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought.

  5. The Slippery Slope of Occupation
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    The Slippery Slope of Occupation

    Mar 1, 2023 Slavoj Žižek sees Israel heading down a dangerous path toward annexation of the West Bank and full-scale apartheid.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

     thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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