Slavoj Zizek – Why fear the Arab revolutionary spirit?

The western liberal reaction to the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia frequently shows hypocrisy and cynicism…  An Egyptian demonstrator uses his shoe to hit a picture of President Hosni Mubarak during a protest in Cairo. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images What

Why Deleuze (still) matters: States, war-machines and radical transformation

By Andrew Robinson The usefulness of Deleuzian theory for social transformation will vary with the selection of which conceptual contributions one chooses to appropriate. Studying Deleuzian theory is complicated by characteristics of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical method. In What is

Science and Metaphysics Blog Event Kicks Off (via Deontologistics + Speculative Heresy)

The Science and Metaphysics Event has just kicked off over at Speculative Heresy, with Ben Woodard giving us a post on Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature. I’ve just finished my piece, which will go up at some point over the next week

Video: Slavoj Žižek – Living In The End Times

Slavoj Žižek talks about his new book Living in the End Times in this audience based video filmed at LSE. Related Articles VIDEOS: The Beatniks of Greenwich Village (psychedelichippiemusic.blogspot.com) Interview with Slavoj Zizek: “Neoliberalism is in Crisis” (via Greek Left Review)