How philosophy got lost | Slavoj Žižek interview

Globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic, Slavoj Žižek provides a Hegelian insight into historical and current political crises.

Do you see contemporary philosophy living up to Hegel's philosophy? What is the subject and how is it influenced by psychoanalysis? Are we witnessing the return of nature, with climate change and the impact nature is going to have on us, and how is that going to manifest in philosophy? Is philosophy like "falling in love"?

00:00 Introduction
01:58 On Hegel's quote: "Philosophy is its own time comprehended in thought"
08:40 How is the analytic tradition impacting philosophy nowdays?
15:48 Is contemporary philosophy confined to individualism and reductionism?
21:57 What did you mean by: "I'm a naturalist, not an idealist"?
28:36 Can naturalism see the ontological state of reality and the subject?
31:04 Is philosophy like "falling in love"?

The dialectical repetition of history is not inevitable, and the recent trend away from continental 'transcendental historicism' will allow the continental tradition to shed new light on the world. Slavoj takes us on a whirlwind tour of continental philosophy from the pandemic to how philosophy is like falling in love.

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Slavoj Žižek is a globally renowned philosopher and cultural critic. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University and a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Philosophy. He is the author of several books, including The Sublime Object of Ideology, The Parallax View, Living in the End Times and Heaven in Disorder.

[allendish]

0:32 Reporter: Welcome Mr. Zizek
Zizek: “Thanks very much, although immediately as a Hegelian I must correct you SNIFF”

[chepulis]

— Hello, Slavoj
— Yes. However, immediately, as a Hegelian, i must correct you...

[ulrikof.]

Watching Žižek always makes me very nervous. There seems to be more energy inside his mind than a human body can bear, and I'm fearing his body may explode anytime. But he is brilliant.

[earthjustice]

"True love is not idealization.. you expect all the small imperfections and you love the person even more." I love Zizek's hand gestures. Only a philosopher gets this animated about ideas.

[manuelp.]

These new episodes of Between Two Ferns are just getting better and better, and nice to see Galifianakis is doing well.

[tbirch]

14:28 "I dont expect from philosphers solutions... but to enable us to ask the right questions" This is an important point and a good starting place for understanding what philosophy can do in the contemporary world.

[njits]

"True love is not idealization. You accept all imperfections and for that you love even more."

[stephanierauschenii]

It pains me to see Zizek going old, someone introduced him to me when I was quite younger and it's like a part of what people shared with me is going away slowly. I wish him health and a long life.

[mmazadedu]

"Philosophy is like falling in love."
~ Slavoj Žižek
Can't agree more.

[jeremypfrost]

God I hope he's taking care of himself. We need Zizek around for a long time.

[quiteenough]

When I start to listen Žižek, I just can't stop

[KomissarLohmann]

Incredible mind. And someone who courageously understands and exposes the very core of Hegelian philosophy. Undoubtedly, one of the greatest living philosophers (despite wether you like or not his manners and ways of talking about Philosophy)

[saujanyatimalsena]

30:03 needed this badly rn. Thanks a lot.
"The art for me is to be totally open towards the future, in the sense of things happen contingently but nonetheless not to forget that every present moment at least in our human universe retroactively interprets the past in a teleological We have to live with this contradiction. "

[RIMU]

Where Slavoj Zizek impresses me the most is when he talks about true love, cause it's a feeling I haven't been able to feel for at least a decade and I almost forget that it exists. Zizek always manages to remind me of what I've lost.

[gimenezagustin]

What a wonderfull interview. Thank you very much!! Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷.
As a psychology student, I apreciate the recognisment he made to Argentina.

[romanieo]

Sufferin Succotash, Slavoj landing Immanuel's last name repeatedly within the opening minutes made me grab the popcorn. Something tells me this will be a marvelous rollercoaster ride. It's got a bit of everything in it. Onward!

[chicagofineart]

I’ve admired Zizek’s lectures for years now although there have been times I’ve thought him a bit of a crank. This lecture brought me back into the admired. No one talked to me about Hegel like he does. Is that love or not?

[kaizah]

Žižek is one of the most well-informed and knowledgeable philosophers I've got to know. The insight he has regarding philosophy and history is so eye-opening.

Slavoj 🖤

[IvoMaropo]

There's absolutely no one on earth that could REALLY occupy Zizek's place and do what he does the way he does. He is absolutely idiosyncratic - a dialectical subject to an absolutely maddening degree. I've been studying him for over 11 years now and can confidently say that we'll never see another. Once the man starts talking, everyone else becomes a listener, a student. It is as if he knows everything and has ingenious insights for everything he knows. His knowledge and insight are without par.

[mario_vdls]

I could listen to him for hours, he says things others are scared to say, which is very uncomfortable but truthful, he’s very passionate about his knowledge too, amazing man🤝🏼