Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Ave
415.621.6600
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Slavoj Žižek
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Thursday Sep 4, 2008 (8pm)
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$20
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Slavoj Zizek is perhaps the only philosopher and Lacanian psychoanalyst to appear in academic publications as well as the A&F Quarterly. That Zizek would agree to be interviewed for the flagrantly soft-core Abercombie & Fitch clothing catalog isn't so surprising, given that in his 30-plus books — whether discussing opera, Abu Ghraib, Heidegger, or Hitchcock — his nimble arguments have always turned on inverting assumptions. (His latest work is entitled In Defense of Lost Causes.) Those who caught the towering intellect in the documentaries Zizek! or The Pervert's Guide to Cinema know to simply hang on and enjoy the ride: the Slovenian-born professor talks a mile a minute and doesn't waste words.
