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dr. Slavoj
Žižek
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Born on
March 21, 1949, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Bachelor of Arts (philosophy and sociology,
1971), Master of Arts (philosophy, 1975),
and Doctor of Arts (philosophy, 1981) at the
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts,
Ljubljana. Doctor of Arts (psychoanalysis,
1985) at the Universite Paris-VIII.
From 1979 researcher at the Institute for
sociology and philosophy, University of
Ljubljana (from 1992 Institute for Social
Sciences, Faculty for Social Sciences).
Visiting professor at the Department of
Psychoanalysis, Universite Paris-VIII
(1982-3 and 1985-6), at the Centre for the
Study of Psychoanalysis and Art, SUNY
Buffalo (1991-2), at the Department of
Comparative Literature, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis (1992), at the Tulane
University, New Orleans (1993), at the
Cardozo Law School, New York (1994) at the
Columbia University, New York (1995), at the
Princeton University (1996), at the New
School for Social Research, New York (1997),
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(1998), and at the Georgetown University,
Washington (1999).
In the last 20 years participation at over
350 international philosophical,
psychoanalytical and cultural-criticism
symposiums in USA, France, United Kingdom,
Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Netherland,
Island, Austria, Australia, Switzerland,
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Spain,
Brasil, Mexico, Israel, Romania, Hungary and
Japan.
Founder and president of the Society for
Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana.
Editor of the following book series:
Analecta (in Slovene), Wo es war (in
German), Wo es war (with Verso) and SIC (with
Duke UP) in English.
Politically active in the alternative
movement in Slovenia during the 80s;
candidate for the presidency of the Republic
of Slovenia in the first multi-party
elections in 1990. Ambassador of Science of
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research interests
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German
philosophy, psychoanalysis, political
philosophy |
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