Let's not forget he is 75 during this interview. I can only wish to be so alert/smart/etc at that age! Slavoj has so many important points to make it make me dizzy.
@@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386 Tell me you don't know anything about the subject at hand without telling me.... The dumdums are those who see everything as binary. Open doesn't always mean not closed and so on and so forth. Nice try to actually shame book reading though. Thoroughly gross.
I'd certainly agree with a claim on Trump without further explanation. But Putin has taken over the Orthodox church in russia as a demographic weapon against his own nation, calling Putin a grifter certainly wouldn't quite give it justice. The only function that Orthodox church has in soviet russia is to control the demographics, it's fully controlled by their FSB
He also said that Putin is to blame for telling the truth and others not understanding it and that it's his tactic or something along with that. Just a bunch of nonsense.
It will not stop in time. The ravages of climate catastrophe and the ignorance perpetuated by the right will make sure that humanity kills itself off in the grand apocalyptic end that right-wingers truly want. The right stands against life itself and are doing everything in their power to end humanity, and to stand against reality and truth itself.
putins the dark magician able to feast on negative response - the ultimate only of the incarnation forms that place these fissurings And naivety lends to the bear bottlenose speck from which a venue treat that begit consequences of our attributions o evil to the substance other than which that is forfeiting of the real moral proffer consolidated short
solution is finding how naivety lends itself or pars with the definition/inaccuracy of self-loathing to the assemblage right or establish to exist as symptomous of the winged spirit animal and identity of the dynamism through the fabric culture entanglement and the success of the complexes through dismus scroungement the works of which hold together which is poignant in the conflict about which heils these newfangled clairvoyance-outtakes of the Russia nation
the putin artist / (dark black) magician feasts and develops successful to maturation from negative response it inflicts the only incarnations format and it is contrivent contemporaneous
Why does she say "he debated Jordan Petersen" as if it was some accomplishment for Zizek? It's like congratulating Paul McCartney for collaborating with Kanye lol 😂
debated Jordan Peterson? More like kindly suggested Peterson actually do his reading homework, because having skipped through the Manifesto as an undergrad does not a qualification make
It just struck me that he's right about the introspection/extrospection thing. As Carnegie said "no man is a criminal in his own mind". We can all invent our own private narratives to justify our actions whatever they are, even the vilest of murderers. We need to be judged on what we DO, and we need to judge ourselves that way.
The way the juxtaposition is set up is flawed. Introspection is not 'self-justification': what it is is many things, among them an 'objectification' of the self, an 'inspection'.
@@LA-kc7ev you are missing the point so badly it's not even funny. I only used the terms introspection and extrospection to delineate the difference between judging yourself on what you claim your motives are, vs the external effects of your actions.
And you would be right. However he does make assumptions from there that are incorrect and can steer people in a wrong direction. No worries. I felt the need to say what I did regardless of it being true that the external effects of one's actions are the first reason to then take a better look at yourself. Not everybody who does so becomes thus delusional. @@X-boomer
He’s such a brilliant guy. Unique in the way he presents things. Extremely articulate in his explanation of complex human and political problems. I love listening to him! The way he speaks always makes me smile.
@@JesusMagicPanties Slovenian is not Serbo-Croatian, it is a cross between Western Slavic languages and South Slavic languages, most similar to Slovak, according to some linguists.
@@theAllucard Okay, I'm not going to argue , just based on what wiki says about that... However , as a Pole I can speak in Polish to a Slovak, he can speak Slovakian to me - and we understand each other in 90 %. With Slovenian people that is not the case.😄
@@JesusMagicPanties Yeah I'm not arguing either 😅 I just like linguistics and I'm a Serbo-Croatian speaker. I can understand Macedonian and Bulgarian (not to the same extent as Macedonian) the same way you can Slovakian, but with Slovene it's much harder.
@@theAllucard Serbo-Croatian is in some way more difficult at a basic level for a Pole than even Germanic languages because it is confusing: many words sound identical or familiar, but have pretty much different meanings in both languages. I just realized that I am so old that I remember the (then Yugoslavian) band 'Bijelo Dugme'. Very energetic and powerful rock and roll colored with Balkan folklore. Best regards from PL
Introducing Zizek by saying he debated Jordan Peterson is ridiculous. Really? Is that one if his greatest achievements? Peterson is nowhere near Zizek's level of intellectual greatness and moral fortitude.
@@nickidaisydandelion4044I couldn't disagree more. Peterson is a lazy intellectual. He's a good orator... but a lazy intellectual. There's obviously no way of knowing that just by looking at Peterson himself though. His self-certified web of truths look brilliantly 'true' by themselves.
@@EstabanGraves the bear in Daniel's prophetic dream(chapter 7 verse 5) was the Medo-Persian empire that would take over the Babylonian one he was living in as exile at the time. The times we live in now are more accurately described in the second letter to Timothy chapter 3 verses 1-5
Oh really, I could tell you this. He voted Trump in 16 because Clinton was too radical. It's people like Zizek, well meaning dreamers who ruin the world.
It is so obvious that Russias plan after Ukraine is baltic state it's enough to just listen Russian media and yet as someone who's from baltic countries I meet so many people who just can't be convinced Russia isn't going to stop with just getting what they want in Ukraine. People say if Russia just gets Donbas and Crimea and they will be done. No they won't. If we listen Russia media we hear that Russian regime is preparing Russian public for invasion of Baltic states. It's there it's in their public 1st Russian tv channel. All you need is to listen - they are not hiding it. I don't get it why it's so hard to understand it for some.
@@CemeteryGates17 Maybe watch Mearsheimer, Sachs or Chomsky if you want to hear someone who is actually right about this issue. Zizek has no clue. I never paid attention to him before, but now that I heard this generic whitebread take on such a critical issue, it's apparent that Zizek is not a serious intellectual. Zizek isn't refreshingly right about this, he's exceptionally wrong.
@@jessew7565 I gave you three highly credible sources, did you bother watching any of them? If not, you don't have an informed opinion about this conflict.
I love Zizek, and now that I'm hearing about this book and I'm about to go see if there's an audiobook... with all due respect, NEVER have I hoped the author is NOT the audiobook reader harder, ever before.
Spot on, as always.. Though the bit about the Bhagavad Gita is sadly misleading: if understood as intended (proper commentary is essential), it is such an invaluable guide for life. That Himmler took its teachings the way he did, is not its fault, in much the same way it’s not the Bible’s fault that Christians (or rather, “Christians”) used it to justify all sorts of abhorrences throughout history. As they say, the Devil, too, can quote the scripture!
Chi sa come mai questo tipo chiamano un filosofo. Non sa cosa parla. Prende un po' di qua un po' di la. Non pare tanto normale. Invece quelli che gli danno una certa importanza sono dei ipocriti.
@user-mc8wi2lg2mThis is wisdom. It is something of an existential dilemma for myself (and I suspect many others) in that: I would really like to believe and be comforted by my faith, however it is clear that the bible was written by eminently flawed humans. I don't begrudge anyone who is able to believe. I have had child bereavement in my life and I yearn to believe I will hold my daughter again. I don't know. I wish peace for anybody who reads this, regardless.
Yeah, many more horrendous activities were done in the name of Christianity around the world than Bhagavad Gita. In that sense, Zizek's argument for "Christian Atheism" is not valid. Also, the main reason he's a Christain Atheist and is inclined to Christian values is because he was born Christian. I would've really liked it if his book was called Cultural Atheism or something else more appropriate, but I suppose he is promoting himself to a mostly "Christian" audience.
I feel as jiterry and affected as Slavoj after listening to so many years of ruZZian state propaganda! It really takes a toll on your mind! You start going crazy!
I think operating at this level of intelligence and perception leads to humility and respect. Hubris and egotism find their footholds in our blindspots IMHO.
@@damjanm3585 No, I am talking about the unusual sounds he makes, these sounds indicate that his false teeth sit too loose or are missing (bottom jaw).
The spirit of community is already here - so very true. When thoughts turn to achieving good outcomes amongst people in a group, then the spirit of community is awakened.
I don't know if this is what himler said about the bhagavad gita or whether this is zizek's misinterpretation but this is not what the Gita says. The Gita says that even though you love peace and non-violence, sometimes a war against evil is necessary and when you engage in that war you should not identify egoicly and hate your enemy but rather just do what you know is right. Zizek completely misunderstand the profoundity of that text which actually points to spiritual transcendence that is not just a mental idea but an actual realization.
Yeah I think he missed the point with Eastern religion. The profound realization you gain from looking 'inwards' is the realization that we are empty, that there isn't anything to look inward towards
@@labrinth999 Westerners found themselves empty within hence they went on to fill that void by conquering land, enslaving people, wiping out civlisations, spreading diseases and what not. Indans found contentment within hence only traded with neighboring civilisations, wrote philosophies, propagated peace. As they say ignorance is bliss, let the westerners be devoid of what is there inside.
Interesting that Zizek, who has provided leftist critiques of ideologies and of capitalism, is so adamant here about support for Ukraine and taking a strong position against the aggression of the Kremlin regime. I had not identified that group of 'Western Buddhists' he mentions, but I know what he means. I'd like to see Zizek talk with Tom Holland, author of 'Dominion'.
Slavoj is a very coherent old-school leftist, the dreamer and humanitarian type. One could clamp him with, say, the likes of Chomsky and Finkelstein, but the similarity is only skin-deep. Slavoj is from Central Europe. He has the local grasp and perspective of what empires and brutal regimes, left OR right, here were actually doing. He is not only ideological bordering lunacy and 63n0cide denial at times when it comes to talking frankly about their ideological beloved, but standing knees deep in this soil that keeps him connected with reality.
That would be very interesting. I don’t agree with most of what Zizek says, but I respect him, and I love Tom Holland. The more I think about it and both their respective works, the more intriguing it becomes, to me. I put the responsibility on you to make this happen.
@@alexanderjames6020 well, off the top of my head, communism. Seriously, though, why is that a problem? Isn’t that a good thing to admire and be inspired by someone that you fundamentally disagree with. I like to hear his thought process on how he got to where he is, so I can be more comfortable in my own position, but also because my views change constantly in a infinitely complex and changing world. We need people with alternative personality traits, as liberals are creative and open, conservatives are conscientious and dutiful. Leftists tend on the neurotic side, conservatives on the assertive/disagreeable side. Liberals start companies, conservatives manage them. That’s, broadly, what they excel at. Also why government is wasteful (liberals managing) and Corporations inflexible and stagnant (Conservatives doing the creative work). When the left says ‘Diversity is our Strength’, this is true, if they meant these things, diversity in personality traits, and ideas. Unfortunately, they’re (not all, for sure, including Zizek to his credit) going down the tribalistic route that is deep in the soul of every human’ internal animalistic core, of diversity of immutable characteristics. I’ll let you into a secret, since you got this far. I’ve not listened to him in depth for a few years, and since Trump has taken over everything, it would be interesting to see how he has responded.
Russia has always put a greater premium on security than freedom, due to the geographical and ethnically/culturally diverse and vast nature of the country. If you actually listened to him, directly, instead of using an intermediary to explain it for you, you’d find he’d probably mostly agree. Remember the lesson of Mean Mr Mustache Man loving dogs and being vegetarian. Pure good, and pure evil are beyond ideology, or epistemology, philosophy, even etiology, which is why religion is so fundamental to who we are and how we understand the world.
He sounds like he is very moral.I need to listen to more but he's right about the imperial march against the west and some here are helping them.That's not America First. .🇺🇲💙🗽
6:38 in what way were they oppressed?!? They had the same citizen rights, there were schools that taught in Russian everywhere and the media was almost completely Russian altough most Ukrainians are Ukrainian speakers. It's rather even the opposite - the Ukrainian speaking majority was oppressed. If you didn't speak Russian before 2014 you could be discriminated at your work, in school in the media and if you spoke Ukrainian some Russian speakers would even physically attack you. I'm not kidding. The majority being oppressed by a minority is nothing special - it happens in basically every colonial country like in South Africa where an even slimmer minority oppressed the indigenous majority.
I think Slavoj is talking about what went on in the Donbass district after Russia's illegal taking of Crimea and the rise of "pro-Russian separatists".
@@Nethan2000 Being denied access to sex education is though. It's a big driver of teenage pregnancies, self harming behaviour, lack of help in abuse situations and so on and so on
@@MikeFuller-ok6ok Oh, I’m sure he did. Doesn’t make him right or wrong though. That’s the main problem with philosophy, you can very eloquently say some very profoundly wrong ideas. It is both an art and an intellectual endeavor, both of which makes it easier to obscure reality under linguistics.
@@TheUltimegaMan We are all free when we come into the world but we have to conform to the demands and pressures of what is accepted and we have to follow a system and code of life. We need keys, credit cards, phones, money, cars, houses, heating, entertainment to keep us happy, sex, health care, cleanliness, holidays, and clean clothes. These things are essential to maintain a respectable figure in the world and for our well being, but we are born oblivious to these demands set upon us by the civilized world.
No, Russians or Russian speakers were never oppressed anywhere in Ukraine ever. There has never been separatism in Ukraine, even in Crimea, other than what Moscow incepted, funded, organized, commanded and controlled. Ever. I know because I served in the Russian military.
i think you can not compare them, Žižek is not taking sides, he is only objective observer, while Morgan is more riding wave of popularity, not the real thinker
@@markoljubi4396 Zizek has taken to saying that he is a conservative Marxist. So he is 'taking sides' even though it is complex and ambiguous. BTW, I was not comparing Zizek to Piers Morgan, but the former's appearance on the latter's show. The idea that you could imply otherwise was irritating enough to make me reply. Enjoy!
@@markoljubi4396 Zizek is definitely more of a "real thinker" compared to Morgan but he would not call himself and objective observer, his whole critique of ideology is that you can't separate yourself from it to be impartial etc
I am not sure I agree with Slavoj ( even if I agree with everything else he saysk) about Europe as merely a 'museum' state. Where does China and the US buy all their high-end stuff from? Europe, of course! Planes, cars, military, technology, champagne, clothing, food, etc....
Selling mostly luxury goods is another example of being a museum state! Luxury items have cachet because of the castles and the great painters and dramatists and all of that. A Swiss watch isn't really better than a Japanese one, but they sell for more. It's the "chocolate box" part of European culture that sells all of these expensive goods. Stylish Italians and superior French food. The myth, rather than the modern reality. Of course Europe doesn't just make luxury goods, but those are the ones foreigners are most interested in buying. Britain makes lots of food but nobody would import it!
I am a leftist and NOT AT ALL a centrist. And I agree that to side with Putin because he is anti-Nato is just horrible. To be critical of Nato is legitimate. But not because you want to excuse Putinism or Russia's attack on Ukraine. You can be pro-Ukraine and leftist at the same time, whether or not you are wholeheartedly a Nato fan or not.
@@blascantu7221This individual, in the same breadth, associates “top US corporate managers” who declare themselves Buddhists with Heinrich Himmler, the architect of the final solution, because, I am assuming, he is reading the Bhagavad Gita. Then continues to claim that both Buddhist and Hindu philosophies profess detachment from acts committed, which, in my evaluation, can only show malicious disingenuousness or utter ignorance of both. And, this person concludes that Christianity is therefore preferable because it is centered around love… Anyone who has read page one of any introduction to Buddhism will know that the core tenets of Buddhism are to do no harm and love all living things.
@@MichelC2000 Regarding your last sentence, fine, but... is a religion/philosophy what someone wrote long ago, or what its practitioners do today? Half of America's self-described Christians are willing to "lie for Jesus", are happy to cast the first stone, pray loudly and publicly to be seen doing so, and would probably crucify Jesus if he returned as just another brown guy from the Middle East telling them to care for the poor immigrants. And they would say that he wasn't a real Christian. As for Buddhists, the priests in Myanmar are persecuting the Rohingya and have no trouble quoting whatever they need to pretend it is not a genocide. I think all we can count on is that people pick their religion to fit their politics, and their politics to fit their fear and prejudice.
I’m sorry, yet you don’t seem to have given any thought to the questions you’ve asked. As if we are not already aware of the situation and how it’s developed after two years. Anyone who does not understand Putin lies and the injustice by now, should be asked to leave the room.
He understands nothing about bhagawat Gita...just by noting that himmler read Gita doesn't mean anything..it's one of the most profound books...rather it's only a chapter of the great Indian epic ..Mahabharat
I think there’s truth to its misuse and Buddhism’s misuse as a whole surely you don’t support Myanmar’s theocracy or Imperial Japan’s use of Zen Buddhism. Doesn’t mean the religion is wrong it just means that, like Christianity, people use it wrongly.
Quantum superposition of possible outcomes - very apt. I don't often agree with Žižek, but in this particular interview, it's like he's channeling my own thinking....
I needed to hear this discussion. Mr Zizek (apologies but I cannot apply the necessary accents for his family name) is a rational and morally measured character who provides a direct and judicious assessment of religion, politics and various social structures based on their geographical regions.
I feel bad to say never heard of mr. Zizek until now. I find this kind of discussions enlightening, like THIS is what we should talk and think about more often. I'' try to find more about him. Thank you!
Zizek is wrong when he says eastern’s approach to “looking inwards to achieve knowledge” will lead to find hate so we should avoid it. He is extremely wrong about this because he doesn’t understand Brahman, Bhagavad Gita or even the philosophies of Quakerism (which in fact are western!). All of them teach that when you truly look inside to find knowledge, what you will find is that we are all part of the same, and we should find a way to heal by uniting in peace. If Himmler used that to logic “I am not my actions therefore I can do whatever I want” then he didn’t really look inward, but instead only scratched the surface enough to justify his evil actions to himself (which is just Ego). Himmler did not achieve gnosis, otherwise he would’ve understood that jews are the same as him, and therefore he wouldn’t have commited genocide. THAT’s the truth Zizek doesn’t get about eastern philosophy and religion.
You're the naive people he spoke about. Your argument is HOW it should be, but do you honestly think most people will get to that point to truly look at who they really are and love others?
Slavoj, druže muoj, zaboravjosi robotik i Artificijalna Inteligencija ...čaćemo mi biti, kad več nima treba od nas, bidni "human beings" ??... Si no fuera pa yora', seria pa' rairse.🇦🇷
The "moderate left" is the only thing holding back fascism. Who would the UK rather have in power - the current right wing Tory government or a "moderate left" leader who engages in harm reduction?
Who wants to disarm the population - right or left wing? Who wants to take ever more of your earned money and give it to bureaucrats to "Redistribute (tm)" - right or left? Who in just last few years in US tried to create a government run "disinformation task force" and decree what information is 'true', or 'false' and therefore banned form social media - right or left? Two-year long house arrest for millions of people who weren't even suspected of doing anything illegal; canadian government declaring emergency when people are unhappy about it; seizes people's bank accounts just for donating money to protesters (no court hearings, no due process) - is it fascism yet? Since then, the court decided that canadian government broke the law (emergency could not be lawfully declared just because PM does not like protests) - is PM punished? Is ANYONE punished?
Everyone's falling over themselves in the comments, but if you ask me Zizek is basically a nominally-left version of a Jordan Petersen or Ben Shapiro, except that he's educated and unorthodox enough to remain interesting. He's constantly generating extremely dubious premises or incredibly subjective and symbolic angles on the phenomena that he needs to force-fit to support his positions; he jumps from non-sequitur to non-sequitur at a dizzying pace and can barely string together a 3-step logical argument. He's fascinating to watch, and I think his frenetically divergent mind certainly provides food for thought and might challenge dogmatic thinking patterns, but I don't think that he brings much substance to the table, ultimately.
I agree. I'll give him something though, the language barrier. I went back to some of his points that appeared nonsensical, and by thinking a bit creatively and charitably I concluded that maybe it's the way he employs certain terms. But still, yeah, he's kinda full of it, the western-centrism is through the roof with him, too.
Rebranding the fundamental principles of communism to Christian Atheism is pure genius. "A religion of commitment", a commitment to the common good. What Zizek proposes is an overhaul of a historically developed deeply intrinsic cultural ideology that permeates the entire social psyche; an improbable task.
Very interesting interview. The only problem is that Slavoj falsely stated that there was a persecution of the Donbas people. Such a fundamental misconception.
Wow how good - Putin as a dangerous illegitimate leader. The two of you are brilliant. Putin needs a long starchy dress to get into the role of his Czarina Catherine the Great. She's his alter ego. He needs to start to wear a lotta lace to bring back the 1700's.
As a religious catholic, I would like to summarize his effort on his explanation of Christianity in where the Bible says "reject yourself" I really appreciate him for this description
Let's not forget he is 75 during this interview.
I can only wish to be so alert/smart/etc at that age!
Slavoj has so many important points to make it make me dizzy.
He’s not smart. So be thankful.
Once you read “Atheism Christianity” it will blow your mind !
@@allenbilyk4420 judeo Christian minds are easily blown
@@allenbilyk4420 Yep. Changed my life! 😎
@@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386 Tell me you don't know anything about the subject at hand without telling me.... The dumdums are those who see everything as binary. Open doesn't always mean not closed and so on and so forth. Nice try to actually shame book reading though. Thoroughly gross.
I would call Trump and Putin Griftians. They are not Christians but they grift on Christianity to get bonus points.
Putin is a communist. How can a kgb agent be a Christian? He's just a good actor who knows how to use Christian values for his own goals.
I'd certainly agree with a claim on Trump without further explanation. But Putin has taken over the Orthodox church in russia as a demographic weapon against his own nation, calling Putin a grifter certainly wouldn't quite give it justice.
The only function that Orthodox church has in soviet russia is to control the demographics, it's fully controlled by their FSB
I agree, sad but true. Trump should be in jail by know, if the judiciary system hadn't broken down before...
They are criminals ....quit the religious connotations
Well said.
I am amazed that Slavoj is 75 years old and his nose is still attached to his face. Love him.
I gave him 3 minutes, then couldn't listen to his voice anymore.
His nose survived a lot
@@HatKiddy what did he do to it :o
hahaha!
and he didnt transform in daffy duck.
As Žižek said - naivety is dangerous thing! Believing that all this will stop by its own is naivety!
He also said that Putin is to blame for telling the truth and others not understanding it and that it's his tactic or something along with that. Just a bunch of nonsense.
It will not stop in time. The ravages of climate catastrophe and the ignorance perpetuated by the right will make sure that humanity kills itself off in the grand apocalyptic end that right-wingers truly want. The right stands against life itself and are doing everything in their power to end humanity, and to stand against reality and truth itself.
putins the dark magician able to feast on negative response - the ultimate only of the incarnation forms that place these fissurings And naivety lends to the bear bottlenose speck from which a venue treat that begit consequences of our attributions o evil to the substance other than which that is forfeiting of the real moral proffer consolidated short
solution is finding how naivety lends itself or pars with the definition/inaccuracy of self-loathing to the assemblage right or establish to exist as symptomous of the winged spirit animal and identity of the dynamism through the fabric culture entanglement and the success of the complexes through dismus scroungement the works of which hold together which is poignant in the conflict about which heils these newfangled clairvoyance-outtakes of the Russia nation
the putin artist / (dark black) magician feasts and develops successful to maturation from negative response it inflicts the only incarnations format and it is contrivent contemporaneous
Why does she say "he debated Jordan Petersen" as if it was some accomplishment for Zizek? It's like congratulating Paul McCartney for collaborating with Kanye lol 😂
They’re both cool dudes, it’s a shame they didn’t get to kiss
Maybe I’m not joking
@@tony_5156 nah Jordan is a pseudo intellectual
@@atrumluminarium Isn't he a professional psychiatrist? I mean you can dislike him but he is an expert in a particular domain so
@@mggaming4624 he was, but that aside 70% of what he speaks about authoritatively is outside of clinical psychology
debated Jordan Peterson? More like kindly suggested Peterson actually do his reading homework, because having skipped through the Manifesto as an undergrad does not a qualification make
It just struck me that he's right about the introspection/extrospection thing. As Carnegie said "no man is a criminal in his own mind". We can all invent our own private narratives to justify our actions whatever they are, even the vilest of murderers. We need to be judged on what we DO, and we need to judge ourselves that way.
The way the juxtaposition is set up is flawed. Introspection is not 'self-justification': what it is is many things, among them an 'objectification' of the self, an 'inspection'.
That’s a Christian concept, ‘by their fruits they will be judged’. We’re all as unaware of our Christianity, as we are about breathing.
@@LA-kc7ev you are missing the point so badly it's not even funny. I only used the terms introspection and extrospection to delineate the difference between judging yourself on what you claim your motives are, vs the external effects of your actions.
And you would be right. However he does make assumptions from there that are incorrect and can steer people in a wrong direction. No worries. I felt the need to say what I did regardless of it being true that the external effects of one's actions are the first reason to then take a better look at yourself. Not everybody who does so becomes thus delusional. @@X-boomer
captain obvious in the house
He’s such a brilliant guy. Unique in the way he presents things. Extremely articulate in his explanation of complex human and political problems. I love listening to him! The way he speaks always makes me smile.
I like how he is pronouncing Ukraine very slavic ❤
For us Poles Serbo-Croatian based Balkan languages and dialects do sound extremely rigid and heavy although we all are "classified" as Slavic
@@JesusMagicPanties Slovenian is not Serbo-Croatian, it is a cross between Western Slavic languages and South Slavic languages, most similar to Slovak, according to some linguists.
@@theAllucard Okay, I'm not going to argue , just based on what wiki says about that... However , as a Pole I can speak in Polish to a Slovak, he can speak Slovakian to me - and we understand each other in 90 %. With Slovenian people that is not the case.😄
@@JesusMagicPanties Yeah I'm not arguing either 😅 I just like linguistics and I'm a Serbo-Croatian speaker. I can understand Macedonian and Bulgarian (not to the same extent as Macedonian) the same way you can Slovakian, but with Slovene it's much harder.
@@theAllucard Serbo-Croatian is in some way more difficult at a basic level for a Pole than even Germanic languages because it is confusing: many words sound identical or familiar, but have pretty much different meanings in both languages.
I just realized that I am so old that I remember the (then Yugoslavian) band 'Bijelo Dugme'. Very energetic and powerful rock and roll colored with Balkan folklore. Best regards from PL
Ngl, this is Zizek's best 1 on 1 chat to date. Dialectics at it's finest, pure ideology.
Tell me more about your analysis. Please
@@trentmora8094U being ironic?
Introducing Zizek by saying he debated Jordan Peterson is ridiculous. Really? Is that one if his greatest achievements? Peterson is nowhere near Zizek's level of intellectual greatness and moral fortitude.
Thought the same.
Me too. I wished he'd replied "Peterson debated me."
Behold the Spectacle.
Peterson is way more alert and pays way more attention to truth than Zizek.
@@nickidaisydandelion4044I couldn't disagree more. Peterson is a lazy intellectual. He's a good orator... but a lazy intellectual. There's obviously no way of knowing that just by looking at Peterson himself though. His self-certified web of truths look brilliantly 'true' by themselves.
Spot on Žižek, we live in dangerous times
Baltic states….3 ribs in the mouth of the bear (Daniel)?
@@EstabanGraves the bear in Daniel's prophetic dream(chapter 7 verse 5) was the Medo-Persian empire that would take over the Babylonian one he was living in as exile at the time.
The times we live in now are more accurately described in the second letter to Timothy chapter 3 verses 1-5
Oh really, I could tell you this. He voted Trump in 16 because Clinton was too radical. It's people like Zizek, well meaning dreamers who ruin the world.
@@EstabanGraves that's the silliest thing I have ever read)))
No we dont. Its all good.
Zizek is so refreshingly right about this
@nikosantikythera2422 Fascinating argument, your 3 words, not quite convincing though.
It is so obvious that Russias plan after Ukraine is baltic state it's enough to just listen Russian media and yet as someone who's from baltic countries I meet so many people who just can't be convinced Russia isn't going to stop with just getting what they want in Ukraine. People say if Russia just gets Donbas and Crimea and they will be done. No they won't. If we listen Russia media we hear that Russian regime is preparing Russian public for invasion of Baltic states. It's there it's in their public 1st Russian tv channel. All you need is to listen - they are not hiding it. I don't get it why it's so hard to understand it for some.
@@CemeteryGates17 Maybe watch Mearsheimer, Sachs or Chomsky if you want to hear someone who is actually right about this issue. Zizek has no clue. I never paid attention to him before, but now that I heard this generic whitebread take on such a critical issue, it's apparent that Zizek is not a serious intellectual. Zizek isn't refreshingly right about this, he's exceptionally wrong.
@@dwl3006 You wrote more words but didn't provide an argument
@@jessew7565 I gave you three highly credible sources, did you bother watching any of them? If not, you don't have an informed opinion about this conflict.
I love Zizek, and now that I'm hearing about this book and I'm about to go see if there's an audiobook... with all due respect, NEVER have I hoped the author is NOT the audiobook reader harder, ever before.
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Oh man. Now I hope it’s him! I love his tics
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Outstanding. I freaking love the direction that Mr. Zizek has taken. Beautiful.
Interviewers probably wiping their faces after this one.
Spot on, as always..
Though the bit about the Bhagavad Gita is sadly misleading: if understood as intended (proper commentary is essential), it is such an invaluable guide for life. That Himmler took its teachings the way he did, is not its fault, in much the same way it’s not the Bible’s fault that Christians (or rather, “Christians”) used it to justify all sorts of abhorrences throughout history.
As they say, the Devil, too, can quote the scripture!
Bhagwat Gita's philosophical arguments are complete nonsense and it uses dogma to defend caste system.
Chi sa come mai questo tipo chiamano un filosofo. Non sa cosa parla. Prende un po' di qua un po' di la. Non pare tanto normale. Invece quelli che gli danno una certa importanza sono dei ipocriti.
There not listening to us . Sanatan Dharma only obtainable by force ❤ india
@user-mc8wi2lg2mThis is wisdom. It is something of an existential dilemma for myself (and I suspect many others) in that: I would really like to believe and be comforted by my faith, however it is clear that the bible was written by eminently flawed humans. I don't begrudge anyone who is able to believe. I have had child bereavement in my life and I yearn to believe I will hold my daughter again. I don't know. I wish peace for anybody who reads this, regardless.
Yeah, many more horrendous activities were done in the name of Christianity around the world than Bhagavad Gita. In that sense, Zizek's argument for "Christian Atheism" is not valid. Also, the main reason he's a Christain Atheist and is inclined to Christian values is because he was born Christian. I would've really liked it if his book was called Cultural Atheism or something else more appropriate, but I suppose he is promoting himself to a mostly "Christian" audience.
I love this guy ! ..sniff
And so on, and so on...😂
I feel as jiterry and affected as Slavoj after listening to so many years of ruZZian state propaganda! It really takes a toll on your mind! You start going crazy!
That’s the point: Russian propaganda is schizophrinogenic by design
It’s good to see Slavoj healthy and in good spirits! I hope he remains with us for many many years ❤🙏
imagine being more intelligent and having more perspective than the whole world and still having the respect and humbleness to say"I think"
You nailed it with "imagine."
Bro thinks so fast and deep, It is a miracle he has not gone crazy off the deep end in extreme ideology like Peterson
@@lovetownsend your words matched perfectly, straight facts
I think operating at this level of intelligence and perception leads to humility and respect. Hubris and egotism find their footholds in our blindspots IMHO.
Great interview with lots of valuable thoughts! Hvala, Slavoj!
Like 'he needs to use glue to keep his dentures fixed in place'
@@Anashadk I suppose you are talking about his stuttering.
@@damjanm3585 No, I am talking about the unusual sounds he makes, these sounds indicate that his false teeth sit too loose or are missing (bottom jaw).
@@Anashadk I doubt that it is so but my advice, focus on the content of the interview. You will get some knowledge.
@@Anashadk your IQ test came negative.
The spirit of community is already here - so very true. When thoughts turn to achieving good outcomes amongst people in a group, then the spirit of community is awakened.
We should force libertarian minded people to be part of our community
What an amazing man! Thank you.
This is exactly what I needed to hear. Many public figures appear disconnected from reality, but Žižek really speaks the truth!
I don't know if this is what himler said about the bhagavad gita or whether this is zizek's misinterpretation but this is not what the Gita says. The Gita says that even though you love peace and non-violence, sometimes a war against evil is necessary and when you engage in that war you should not identify egoicly and hate your enemy but rather just do what you know is right. Zizek completely misunderstand the profoundity of that text which actually points to spiritual transcendence that is not just a mental idea but an actual realization.
That will always be the problem. This happens when you let the devil read the bible. Himmler did it.
Yeah I think he missed the point with Eastern religion. The profound realization you gain from looking 'inwards' is the realization that we are empty, that there isn't anything to look inward towards
it's possible that he misunderstood there some things, thanks for making us see things clearer.
@@labrinth999 Westerners found themselves empty within hence they went on to fill that void by conquering land, enslaving people, wiping out civlisations, spreading diseases and what not. Indans found contentment within hence only traded with neighboring civilisations, wrote philosophies, propagated peace.
As they say ignorance is bliss, let the westerners be devoid of what is there inside.
"Well, What do you think now of the French Revolution??" -- "Well, it's too early to say!" Love it, Love it. Bravo!
Interesting that Zizek, who has provided leftist critiques of ideologies and of capitalism, is so adamant here about support for Ukraine and taking a strong position against the aggression of the Kremlin regime. I had not identified that group of 'Western Buddhists' he mentions, but I know what he means. I'd like to see Zizek talk with Tom Holland, author of 'Dominion'.
Slavoj is a very coherent old-school leftist, the dreamer and humanitarian type. One could clamp him with, say, the likes of Chomsky and Finkelstein, but the similarity is only skin-deep. Slavoj is from Central Europe. He has the local grasp and perspective of what empires and brutal regimes, left OR right, here were actually doing. He is not only ideological bordering lunacy and 63n0cide denial at times when it comes to talking frankly about their ideological beloved, but standing knees deep in this soil that keeps him connected with reality.
Almost as if there is no reason for a leftist to tolerate a right wing dictatorship manifesting its imperial tendencies
That would be very interesting. I don’t agree with most of what Zizek says, but I respect him, and I love Tom Holland.
The more I think about it and both their respective works, the more intriguing it becomes, to me. I put the responsibility on you to make this happen.
@@Dude0000Id love to hear about what you most disagree with Zizek about!
@@alexanderjames6020 well, off the top of my head, communism. Seriously, though, why is that a problem? Isn’t that a good thing to admire and be inspired by someone that you fundamentally disagree with. I like to hear his thought process on how he got to where he is, so I can be more comfortable in my own position, but also because my views change constantly in a infinitely complex and changing world.
We need people with alternative personality traits, as liberals are creative and open, conservatives are conscientious and dutiful. Leftists tend on the neurotic side, conservatives on the assertive/disagreeable side. Liberals start companies, conservatives manage them. That’s, broadly, what they excel at. Also why government is wasteful (liberals managing) and Corporations inflexible and stagnant (Conservatives doing the creative work).
When the left says ‘Diversity is our Strength’, this is true, if they meant these things, diversity in personality traits, and ideas. Unfortunately, they’re (not all, for sure, including Zizek to his credit) going down the tribalistic route that is deep in the soul of every human’ internal animalistic core, of diversity of immutable characteristics.
I’ll let you into a secret, since you got this far. I’ve not listened to him in depth for a few years, and since Trump has taken over everything, it would be interesting to see how he has responded.
Half an hour is never enough when Zizek is speaking
I could only take 3 minutes of that voice.
its a ton of blah blah again. it is not going to help anything or solve anything.
Thanks Captain Obvious
Don't say "The West". Say "The Free World" It drives Putin NUTS !
smarter half of the Western population too.
Smarter half of the *free* population too.
(edit: spell check)
Russia has always put a greater premium on security than freedom, due to the geographical and ethnically/culturally diverse and vast nature of the country. If you actually listened to him, directly, instead of using an intermediary to explain it for you, you’d find he’d probably mostly agree.
Remember the lesson of Mean Mr Mustache Man loving dogs and being vegetarian. Pure good, and pure evil are beyond ideology, or epistemology, philosophy, even etiology, which is why religion is so fundamental to who we are and how we understand the world.
Žižek ti si jedna vreča govana
Does it? Good to know. 🥰
The winners create the history we learn, and Shakespeare plays a part in that retrospectively
We need a lot more Slavoj (and those with a similar analytical approach) in the discourse
no ty pls
I like this man, and I want to read his book (s).
Know any titles? I reccommend his "perverrts guide to..." documentsties.
He sounds like he is very moral.I need to listen to more but he's right about the imperial march against the west and some here are helping them.That's not America First.
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Happy birthday Slavoj! :)
6:38 in what way were they oppressed?!? They had the same citizen rights, there were schools that taught in Russian everywhere and the media was almost completely Russian altough most Ukrainians are Ukrainian speakers. It's rather even the opposite - the Ukrainian speaking majority was oppressed. If you didn't speak Russian before 2014 you could be discriminated at your work, in school in the media and if you spoke Ukrainian some Russian speakers would even physically attack you. I'm not kidding. The majority being oppressed by a minority is nothing special - it happens in basically every colonial country like in South Africa where an even slimmer minority oppressed the indigenous majority.
I think Slavoj is talking about what went on in the Donbass district after Russia's illegal taking of Crimea and the rise of "pro-Russian separatists".
@@user-mc8wi2lg2m In what way? In Republican run states in the US it's exactly the opposite!
@@EdwardM-t8p Being denied access to other people's children is not oppression.
@@Nethan2000 Being denied access to sex education is though. It's a big driver of teenage pregnancies, self harming behaviour, lack of help in abuse situations and so on and so on
ukraine is russia, kievan rus is russia, pick up a book once in a while
"Man is born free but he is everywhere in chains."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 1712 - 1778 )
If he is in chains everywhere, then how can he possibly ever have been free?
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Thanks for the reply.
Rousseau was a great philosopher. He knew what he was talking about.
@@MikeFuller-ok6ok Oh, I’m sure he did. Doesn’t make him right or wrong though. That’s the main problem with philosophy, you can very eloquently say some very profoundly wrong ideas. It is both an art and an intellectual endeavor, both of which makes it easier to obscure reality under linguistics.
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We are all free when we come into the world but we have to conform to the demands and pressures of what is accepted and we have to follow a system and code of life. We need keys, credit cards, phones, money, cars, houses, heating, entertainment to keep us happy, sex, health care, cleanliness, holidays, and clean clothes. These things are essential to maintain a respectable figure in the world and for our well being, but we are born oblivious to these demands set upon us by the civilized world.
I love this gentleman. I became a fan.
Yes, a pure personality. Deep, uncomplicated intellect. ❤
Boljševik zizek
Fool.
This gentleman is so cool.
I became an air conditioner.
You are Christian or Athesit?!
Nice to hear some new thinking rather than the same dumb down pro/anti opinions on things. Lots to mull over. Thanks times radio.
Are they crazy he asks. Why yes they are. And crazy like stupidity loves company.
Times Radio does a lot of great work. This is some of the finest. Thanks.
Amazing interview
thank you Times ..
thank you Slavoj .
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
No, Russians or Russian speakers were never oppressed anywhere in Ukraine ever. There has never been separatism in Ukraine, even in Crimea, other than what Moscow incepted, funded, organized, commanded and controlled. Ever. I know because I served in the Russian military.
Def, there were divisions and struggle for sure but nothing like oppression.
Dam!.missed out on ths awesome man..my new idol!😊👍
A nice jumping in point would be to see his film "A Perverts Guide to Cinema"
The irony of an old philosopher and a journalist debating war with Russia when neither would be the ones fighting it.
Reframing the Christ narrative as the death of god is mindblowing and I love it.
Now listen to Zizek's exchange with Piers Morgan. Good too.
i think you can not compare them, Žižek is not taking sides, he is only objective observer, while Morgan is more riding wave of popularity, not the real thinker
@@markoljubi4396 Zizek has taken to saying that he is a conservative Marxist. So he is 'taking sides' even though it is complex and ambiguous. BTW, I was not comparing Zizek to Piers Morgan, but the former's appearance on the latter's show. The idea that you could imply otherwise was irritating enough to make me reply. Enjoy!
@@markoljubi4396 Zizek is definitely more of a "real thinker" compared to Morgan but he would not call himself and objective observer, his whole critique of ideology is that you can't separate yourself from it to be impartial etc
I am not sure I agree with Slavoj ( even if I agree with everything else he saysk) about Europe as merely a 'museum' state. Where does China and the US buy all their high-end stuff from? Europe, of course! Planes, cars, military, technology, champagne, clothing, food, etc....
Selling mostly luxury goods is another example of being a museum state! Luxury items have cachet because of the castles and the great painters and dramatists and all of that. A Swiss watch isn't really better than a Japanese one, but they sell for more. It's the "chocolate box" part of European culture that sells all of these expensive goods. Stylish Italians and superior French food. The myth, rather than the modern reality.
Of course Europe doesn't just make luxury goods, but those are the ones foreigners are most interested in buying. Britain makes lots of food but nobody would import it!
Especially when it comes to industrial tech, worldwide, most of it is European.
Bravo! Thank you!
I am a leftist and NOT AT ALL a centrist. And I agree that to side with Putin because he is anti-Nato is just horrible. To be critical of Nato is legitimate. But not because you want to excuse Putinism or Russia's attack on Ukraine. You can be pro-Ukraine and leftist at the same time, whether or not you are wholeheartedly a Nato fan or not.
How can you be a leftist and pro-Ukrainian government? They are a right wing government.
Hey his stuttering / fidgeting has gotten much better! Love to see it!
Bravo Slavoj Zizek!
Unfortunately for the argument, the Bhagavad Gita is not Buddhist
Yeah! He speaks the real bs
He didn’t call it Buddhist. He mentions Buddhism but he was speaking more broadly of eastern religions and Hinduism is an eastern religion.
@@blascantu7221This individual, in the same breadth, associates “top US corporate managers” who declare themselves Buddhists with Heinrich Himmler, the architect of the final solution, because, I am assuming, he is reading the Bhagavad Gita. Then continues to claim that both Buddhist and Hindu philosophies profess detachment from acts committed, which, in my evaluation, can only show malicious disingenuousness or utter ignorance of both. And, this person concludes that Christianity is therefore preferable because it is centered around love…
Anyone who has read page one of any introduction to Buddhism will know that the core tenets of Buddhism are to do no harm and love all living things.
@@MichelC2000 yes, thank you! I found that really frustrating
@@MichelC2000 Regarding your last sentence, fine, but... is a religion/philosophy what someone wrote long ago, or what its practitioners do today? Half of America's self-described Christians are willing to "lie for Jesus", are happy to cast the first stone, pray loudly and publicly to be seen doing so, and would probably crucify Jesus if he returned as just another brown guy from the Middle East telling them to care for the poor immigrants. And they would say that he wasn't a real Christian. As for Buddhists, the priests in Myanmar are persecuting the Rohingya and have no trouble quoting whatever they need to pretend it is not a genocide. I think all we can count on is that people pick their religion to fit their politics, and their politics to fit their fear and prejudice.
Brilliant stuff , thanks guys
Such a wonderful interview. Thank you for having Zizek on for this conversation.
I’m sorry, yet you don’t seem to have given any thought to the questions you’ve asked.
As if we are not already aware of the situation and how it’s developed after two years.
Anyone who does not understand Putin lies and the injustice by now, should be asked to leave the room.
Absolutely Fascinating! To say the least. Incite insight!
Slavoj i agree, if we do not take action, the fascists will.
lol "we"
He understands nothing about bhagawat Gita...just by noting that himmler read Gita doesn't mean anything..it's one of the most profound books...rather it's only a chapter of the great Indian epic ..Mahabharat
I think there’s truth to its misuse and Buddhism’s misuse as a whole surely you don’t support Myanmar’s theocracy or Imperial Japan’s use of Zen Buddhism. Doesn’t mean the religion is wrong it just means that, like Christianity, people use it wrongly.
@@fathomless2151Gita is Hindu not Buddhist lol
Cool political take though, maybe look up the book first next time.
Quantum superposition of possible outcomes - very apt. I don't often agree with Žižek, but in this particular interview, it's like he's channeling my own thinking....
This is the only person that makes any sense in todays polarized culture
I needed to hear this discussion.
Mr Zizek (apologies but I cannot apply the necessary accents for his family name) is a rational and morally measured character who provides a direct and judicious assessment of religion, politics and various social structures based on their geographical regions.
I didn't expect an X-files reference. 😂
Zizek did not debate Peterson. He babysat him!
I couldn't usually listen to this guy, but he is spot on here.
When you say democracy, you actually mean a minority ruling class with divine mandate of being liked
And when you say ‘monarchy’, you actually mean rule of law and elected public officials.
@charlesbrowne9590 Yes.
I feel bad to say never heard of mr. Zizek until now. I find this kind of discussions enlightening, like THIS is what we should talk and think about more often. I'' try to find more about him. Thank you!
Try and find his film "A Perverts Guide to Cinema" I think it's a nice jumping in point.
Me too. Thanks.
Zizek is wrong when he says eastern’s approach to “looking inwards to achieve knowledge” will lead to find hate so we should avoid it. He is extremely wrong about this because he doesn’t understand Brahman, Bhagavad Gita or even the philosophies of Quakerism (which in fact are western!). All of them teach that when you truly look inside to find knowledge, what you will find is that we are all part of the same, and we should find a way to heal by uniting in peace. If Himmler used that to logic “I am not my actions therefore I can do whatever I want” then he didn’t really look inward, but instead only scratched the surface enough to justify his evil actions to himself (which is just Ego).
Himmler did not achieve gnosis, otherwise he would’ve understood that jews are the same as him, and therefore he wouldn’t have commited genocide.
THAT’s the truth Zizek doesn’t get about eastern philosophy and religion.
so true. he's clearly wrong about this stuff, imo.
You're the naive people he spoke about. Your argument is HOW it should be, but do you honestly think most people will get to that point to truly look at who they really are and love others?
@@moniqueloomis9772 your question applies similarly to Christianity and any political ideology.
I don't care what anybody says, whatever this man says is pure gold.
Slavoj, druže muoj, zaboravjosi robotik i Artificijalna Inteligencija ...čaćemo mi biti, kad več nima treba od nas, bidni "human beings" ??...
Si no fuera pa yora', seria pa' rairse.🇦🇷
Deep good analys 😊
😂😂😂😂 what a comesy guy he is , has nothing in his head
The "moderate left" is the only thing holding back fascism. Who would the UK rather have in power - the current right wing Tory government or a "moderate left" leader who engages in harm reduction?
Who wants to disarm the population - right or left wing?
Who wants to take ever more of your earned money and give it to bureaucrats to "Redistribute (tm)" - right or left?
Who in just last few years in US tried to create a government run "disinformation task force" and decree what information is 'true', or 'false' and therefore banned form social media - right or left?
Two-year long house arrest for millions of people who weren't even suspected of doing anything illegal; canadian government declaring emergency when people are unhappy about it; seizes people's bank accounts just for donating money to protesters (no court hearings, no due process) - is it fascism yet?
Since then, the court decided that canadian government broke the law (emergency could not be lawfully declared just because PM does not like protests) - is PM punished? Is ANYONE punished?
Don't warmonger and talk to me about saving democracy at the same time.
I love how Zizek manages to bridge real Conservatism with true Progressivism through his philosophy.
Fascinating
The Genius strikes again.
His intelligence is astonishing
thank you!!! I never thought I would see this conversation here; ❤❤
Thank You Sir for this enlightening discussion topic. Much food for thought! Well done to you and your interviewer.
Everyone's falling over themselves in the comments, but if you ask me Zizek is basically a nominally-left version of a Jordan Petersen or Ben Shapiro, except that he's educated and unorthodox enough to remain interesting. He's constantly generating extremely dubious premises or incredibly subjective and symbolic angles on the phenomena that he needs to force-fit to support his positions; he jumps from non-sequitur to non-sequitur at a dizzying pace and can barely string together a 3-step logical argument. He's fascinating to watch, and I think his frenetically divergent mind certainly provides food for thought and might challenge dogmatic thinking patterns, but I don't think that he brings much substance to the table, ultimately.
He feels like creative AI when you ask it to talk about something complex. :D But yeah, not someone to be taken seriously.
I agree.
I'll give him something though, the language barrier.
I went back to some of his points that appeared nonsensical, and by thinking a bit creatively and charitably I concluded that maybe it's the way he employs certain terms.
But still, yeah, he's kinda full of it, the western-centrism is through the roof with him, too.
@@alessandrozetticci I haven't read any of his books--maybe they're more cogent
Brilliant!
When did we have a "Democracy" in the first place 😂😂😂
Žižek has finally found a narrative that he will respect in order to stop his cancelling. Bravo!
Rebranding the fundamental principles of communism to Christian Atheism is pure genius. "A religion of commitment", a commitment to the common good.
What Zizek proposes is an overhaul of a historically developed deeply intrinsic cultural ideology that permeates the entire social psyche; an improbable task.
but communism is evil
and its as cringe and "protestant minded" as the other ones have been
"I love NATO and I think we should give one zillion dollars to Ukraine."
-The most dangerous philosopher in the west
time stamp? where did he say that
He's so spot on
Okay I'm listening
The truth is out there and the truth is that Trump is based.
This guy is the embodiment of the ultimate villain.
Very dangerous man
maybe it just scares you becouse it goes against everything you were ever told
À réal great guy thinking deeply ! Bravo !
Very interesting interview. The only problem is that Slavoj falsely stated that there was a persecution of the Donbas people. Such a fundamental misconception.
There was, not anymore since Russia is there now.
Brilliant interview.
Starts at 1:37
10:54 ...love is at the core - thank you Slavoj for reminding us.
Brilliant mind! I wish I could follow his books more easily.
Wow how good - Putin as a dangerous illegitimate leader. The two of you are brilliant. Putin needs a long starchy dress to get into the role of his Czarina Catherine the Great. She's his alter ego. He needs to start to wear a lotta lace to bring back the 1700's.
Interesting conversation indeed. Can agree fully what he said abt big corporations, todays world is controlled by big tech corporations.
Was struggling to find my philosophical compass but not anymore.
Excellent interview with a fascinating intellectual. I might even buy that book.
As a religious catholic, I would like to summarize his effort on his explanation of Christianity in where the Bible says "reject yourself" I really appreciate him for this description
Sum GOOD points dude....