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Slavoj Žižek and Srećko Horvat on What Does Europe Want?

01 January 2014, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm

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UCL SSEES

Location

Cruciform B304 - LT1, Cruciform Building, UCL

From26 Nov2013

This public debate follows the recent publication of their jointly authored book: What Does Europe Want?

“Instead of a peace-project, the European Union is increasingly turning into a warzone: whether it be the expulsion of immigrants or riots in Paris and London, or European interventions to bring “more democracy” to Libya or Syria. But instead of leaving Europe to the enemies, Žižek and Horvat reflect on the fight for a different Idea of Europe.” (Istros Books, 2013)

Speakers

Slavoj Žižekis a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. His books includeThe Sublime Object of Ideology(Verso, 1989),Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture(MIT Press, 1991),The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six. Essays on Woman and Causality(Verso, 1994),The Fragile Absolute, or Why the Christian Legacy is Worth Fighting For(Verso, 2000),The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity(MIT Press, 2002)On Practice and Contradiction (Revolution!)with Mao Zedong (Verso, 2007),Philosophy in the Presentwith Alain Badiou (Polity Press, 2010),The Year of Dreaming Dangerously(Verso, 2012).

Srećko Horvatis a philosopher from Croatia. He is the author ofAfter the End of History. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement(Laika Verlag, Germany, 2013), a regular contributor to The Guardian and was one of the leaders of the Subversive Festival.

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