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| {{Infobox politician|name=Slavoj Žižek|birth_date=21 March 1949|birth_place=Ljubljana, [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1945–1991)|Slovenia]], [[Yugoslavia]]|nationality=Slovene|image=Slavoj Zizek.png|political_line=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Eurocentrism]]}}
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| '''Slavoj Žižek''' is a [[Republic of Slovenia|Slovenian]] philosopher, theorist and public intellectual. Although he identifies as a [[Communism|communist]], he rejects [[Actually Existing Socialism|actually existing socialist states]], and is particularly against [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]].<ref>{{News citation|title=‘20th Century Communism’ by Slavoj Žižek|date=2022-04-13|url=https://youtu.be/ThTJBKYPiNo}}</ref> | | '''Slavoj Žižek''' is a [[Republic of Slovenia|Slovenian]] philosopher, theorist and public intellectual. Although he identifies as a [[Communism|communist]], he rejects [[Actually Existing Socialism|actually existing socialist states]], and is particularly against [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]].<ref>{{News citation|title=‘20th Century Communism’ by Slavoj Žižek|date=2022-04-13|url=https://youtu.be/ThTJBKYPiNo}}</ref> |
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| Žižek supports [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and supported its bombing of [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in 1999.<ref>{{News citation|author=Nikos Mottas|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Slavoj Žižek, an apologist of Capitalism disguised as "Marxist philosopher"|date=2022-07-01|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/slavoj-zizek-apologist-of-capitalism-disguised-as-marxist-philosopher.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701021121/https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/slavoj-zizek-apologist-of-capitalism-disguised-as-marxist-philosopher.html|archive-date=2022-07-01|retrieved=2022-07-02}}</ref> More recently, he supported the [[United States of America|US]]-backed coup government of [[Ukraine]] against the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|Russian efforts]] to de-Nazify the region,<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Pacifism is the wrong response to the war in Ukraine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine|date=2022-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706154355/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine|archive-date=2022-07-06|retrieved=2022-07-16|author=Slavoj Žižek}}</ref> compared [[Russian Federation|Russia]] to [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]],<ref>{{News citation|author=Emanuele Saccarelli|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=A wolf in clown’s clothing: Philosopher Slavoj Žižek pens shameful pro-imperialist op-eds in the Guardian|date=2022-07-15|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/15/mvjv-j15.html|retrieved=2022-07-16}}</ref> and said Russia wanted to [[Colonialism|colonize]] Europe.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Jonathan Cook|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left|date=2022-06-23|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/slavoj-zizek-ukraine-terminal-collapse-anti-war-left/281190/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045121/https://www.mintpressnews.com/slavoj-zizek-ukraine-terminal-collapse-anti-war-left/281190/|archive-date=2022-07-15|retrieved=2022-10-27}}</ref>
| | Zizek supports [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and supported its bombing of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)|Yugoslavia]] in 1999.<ref>{{News citation|author=Nikos Mottas|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Slavoj Žižek, an apologist of Capitalism disguised as "Marxist philosopher"|date=2022-07-01|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/slavoj-zizek-apologist-of-capitalism-disguised-as-marxist-philosopher.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701021121/https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/slavoj-zizek-apologist-of-capitalism-disguised-as-marxist-philosopher.html|archive-date=2022-07-01|retrieved=2022-07-02}}</ref> More recently, he supported the [[United States of America|US]]-backed coup government of [[Ukraine]] against the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|Russian efforts]] to de-Nazify the region<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Pacifism is the wrong response to the war in Ukraine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine|date=2022-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706154355/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine|archive-date=2022-07-06|retrieved=2022-07-16|author=Slavoj Žižek}}</ref> and compared [[Russian Federation|Russia]] to [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Emanuele Saccarelli|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=A wolf in clown’s clothing: Philosopher Slavoj Žižek pens shameful pro-imperialist op-eds in the Guardian|date=2022-07-15|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/15/mvjv-j15.html|retrieved=2022-07-16}}</ref> |
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| == Anti-communism ==
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| Žižek considers [[Marxism–Leninism]] worse than [[National Socialism|Nazism]] and believes that [[Mao Zedong|Mao]] starved "tens of millions to death."<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Gabriel Rockhill]]|newspaper=[[CounterPunch]]|title=Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek|date=2023-01-02|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/02/capitalisms-court-jester-slavoj-zizek/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131083905/https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/02/capitalisms-court-jester-slavoj-zizek/|archive-date=2023-01-31|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>
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| === Role in Yugoslav counterrevolution ===
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| Žižek returned to Yugoslavia from [[French Republic|France]] in 1985 after completing his second Ph.D. and joined the [[Imperial core|Western]]-backed [[Colour revolution|color revolution]] movement. He was the main columnist for the [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] magazine ''Mladina''. He cofounded the [[Liberal Democracy of Slovenia|Liberal Democracy]] party and ran for president of secessionist Slovenia in 1990.<ref name=":0" />
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| ==See Also==
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| * [[Noam Chomsky]]
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| * [[Jordan Peterson]]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Philosophers]] |
| [[Category:The Compatible Left]]
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| [[Category:Imperialists]]
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| [[Category:Hegelianism]]
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