Conversation with Slavoj Žižek
Zero Point
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:30 pm, Katholische Akademie in Berlin
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Zero Point
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:30 pm, Katholische Akademie in Berlin
The essays in the philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s new book Zero Point ask how we distinguish defeat from disaster, and how we confront despair without collapsing into it – questions never more pertinent than the current moment in the wake of electoral victories for authoritarian populists and unceasing news of violent atrocities.
In this conversation, Žižek will discuss these questions with Elad Lapidot, and with a small circle of invited intellectuals who are concerned with the challenges that arise from the events of our present hour.
Organisation
Elad Lapidot (Katholische Akademie in Berlin)
Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher and cultural critic, internationally renowned for his wide-ranging work on philosophy, psychoanalysis, politics, and contemporary culture. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London. Žižek has published numerous books, including The Sublime Object of Ideology, Living in the End Times, and Like a Thief in Broad Daylight.
