World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, the War on Terror & More

Born in Slovenia, Slavoj Zizek has written more than fifty books and is well known for building on the work of the influential French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. He speaks to sold-out audiences around the world and is the subject of an art installation called “Slavoj Zizek Does Not Exist” and is the star of two films. He was also politically active in Slovenia and campaigned for the Presidency in 1990, when it became the first Yugoslav republic to hold a free election. His latest book came out earlier this year. Its called “In Defense of Lost Causes.”

I recently interviewed Zizek here in the firehouse studio, right before he was to speak at the Left Forum in New York. We played the first part of the interview on March 11th of this year. I want to now play the rest of our conversation. I began by asking Zizek to talk about how he saw the dynamic between President Bush and Osama Bin Laden.

Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist. He is author of more than fifty books, including the forthcoming “In Defense of Lost Causes”.

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