Everything Must Change! review – the left's big beasts tackle a post-pandemic future
Conversations featuring the likes of Noam Chomsky, Brian Eno and Slavoj Žižek imagine a more communal world after Covid
August 2020
Writers, actors and directors call for end to homophobia in Poland in open letter
More than 70 signatories including Poland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, Margaret Atwood and Mike Leigh accuse Duda’s government of using LGBTQ+ people as ‘a scapegoat’
May 2020
Observer book of the week
Pandemic! by Slavoj Žižek; Where Is God in a Coronavirus World? by John Lennox – review
A philosopher and a Christian evangelist try to make sense of the current crisis
April 2020
Pandemic! by Slavoj Žižek review – the philosopher provides his solution
As old orthodoxies melt into air, the world needs a very new form of communism, argues this instant response to the crisis
October 2019
'A troubling choice': authors criticise Peter Handke's controversial Nobel win
Writers including Salman Rushdie, Hari Kunzru and Slavoj Žižek say the 2019 Nobel laureate ‘combines great insight with shocking ethical blindness’
May 2019
Who wins from public debate? Liars, bullies and trolls
From Ben Shapiro offering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez $10,000 to debate him, to the macho showdown between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek, public discourse has become debased
April 2019
The 'debate of the century': what happened when Jordan Peterson debated Slavoj Žižek
Stephen Marche
The controversial thinkers debated happiness, capitalism and Marxism in Toronto. It was billed as a meeting of titans – and that it was not. But it did reveal one telling commonality
October 2018
Slavoj Žižek tells Owen Jones: 'Clinton is the problem, not Trump' - video
The philosopher Slavoj Žižek says the collapse of the centre-left welfare state consensus led to the global rise of the new right
April 2017
Book of the week
The Courage of Hopelessness by Slavoj Žižek review – how the big hairy Marxist would change the world
The leftwing intellectual with rock-star popularity argues that Trump vs Clinton, and Brexit vs Remain are mere sideshows
December 2016
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: December 2016
This much I know
Slavoj Žižek: ‘We are all basically evil, egotistical, disgusting’
November 2016
The secret of a good interview? Sit back and listen
Decca Aitkenhead
When someone’s favourite subject is themselves, and they find everything else a yawn, no question can be too intrusive or impertinent
June 2016
Dear Britain: Elena Ferrante, Slavoj Žižek and other European writers on Brexit
Ahead of the European referendum, we asked leading authors and thinkers from EU countries to write letters to Britain. Do they want us to stay, or are they ready to say goodbye?
April 2016
Guardian event reviews
Slavoj Žižek: 'Trump is really a centrist liberal'
Guardian Live
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek talks to Gary Younge – Guardian Live event
February 2016
On my radar
On my radar: Mark Wallinger’s cultural highlights
The artist on his love of ballet, the broadcasting magic of Danny Baker and his affection for Top Cat
December 2014
Kevin Spacey, Debbie Harry, Slavoj Zižek: the best answers to your webchat questions
Does John Lydon fear death? How does Flying Lotus see himself in 20 years’ time? How does Tracey Emin deal with the haters? What we’ve learned from a year in webchats …
November 2014
Book of the week
Terry Eagleton reviews Trouble in Paradise and Absolute Recoil by Slavoj Žižek
Brand and Žižek lead celebrity call for greater whistleblower protections
October 2014
Slavoj Žižek webchat – as it happened
The Slovenian philosopher, who has applied his inquiries to everything from neoliberalism to Alfred Hitchcock, answered your questions – catch up with his answers here
