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Trump is a threat to global stabilityonly a new left international can beat him. He is international director at the birkbeck institute for humanities, university of london, uk, visiting professor at the new york university, usa, eminent scholar at kyung hee university, seoul, korea and senior researcher at the department of philosophy, university of ljubljana, slovenia. Could brexit breathe new life into leftwing politics. Slavoj zizek publishes a very clearly written essaylength. A militant marxist atheist and a radical orthodox christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and christ to the war machine of corporate mafia. High quality slavoj zizek inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged slovenian philosopher, slavoj zizek to uncover its deeper. Slavoj zizek explains the artistry of andrei tarkovskys films. Jan 17, 2006 discover book depository s huge selection of slavoj zizek books online.
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