188 Quotes by Slavoj Zizek

The moment we think in the terms of 'Yes, the WTC collapse was a tragedy, but we should not fully solidarize with the victims, since this would mean supporting US imperialism', the ethical catastrophe is already here: the only appropriate stance is unconditional solidarity with all victims.

The contemporary era constantly proclaims itself as post-ideological, but this denial of ideology only provides the ultimate proof that we are more than ever embedded in ideology. Ideology is always a field of struggle - among other things, the struggle for appropriating past traditions.

sí, sí, hay que reciclar, hay que usar más la bicicleta y hacer todos los Garbage Challenge que quieran. Ahí no está el problema. El problema es sistemático y no podemos reducir la responsabilidad política al individualismo de la acción.

Para ser bueno en algo hace falta una vocación alternativa.

La única alternativa a todos los desafíos es la incorrección política. Por favor, no te sientas obligado a ser políticamente correcto, no tengas miedo de no encajar.

ففي المجتمع الاستهلاكي الرأسمالي المتأخر، تكتسب "الحياة الإجتماعية الواقعية" ذاتها على نحو ما سمات زيف مُمسرح، فيه يتصرف جيراننا في الحياة "الواقعية" مثل ممثلي وكومبارس على خشبة المسرح.. مرة أخرى، نجد أن الحقيقة النهائية للعالم الرأسمالي النفعي المنزوع الروح هي نزع مادية "الحياة الواقعية" ذاتها، قلبُها الى عرض شبحي.

The threat today is not passivity, but pseudo-activity, the urge to "be active", to "participate", to mask the Nothingness of what goes on.

I - and I still consider myself, I'm sorry to tell you, a Marxist and a Communist, but I couldn't help noticing how all the best Marxist analyses are always analyses of a failure.

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.