Slog - Comments on Today The Stranger Suggests http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/today_the_stranger_suggests_532 GeniusŽižek Slavojiek at Town Hall Although he proclaims Hegel as his ultimate hero, iek, the most popular philosopher of our time, has a mode much closer to Nietzsche. Hegel's work is all about ancient labor, Nietzsche's is all about modern dancing. Žižek philosophizes like a dancer, and he writes the way he talks: fast and funny. You almost never understand how all his thoughts fit together, but you are always entertained by the way he picks up this or that thing, analyzes it, and then drops it. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255. 7:30 pm, $5.) CHARLES MUDEDE See what... Copyright 2008 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Vida If you don't mind me saying - his name is Slavoj Žižek. I know, because he's from my country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek

]]> Vida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/today_the_stranger_suggests_532#c1131946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/today_the_stranger_suggests_532#c1131946 Stranger Suggests Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:50:50 -0800 Comment by Super Jesse @1 - since you're from the same country maybe you could help me understand how I'm supposed to pronouce his first name. What does the j sound like?

]]> Super Jesse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/today_the_stranger_suggests_532#c1132189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/today_the_stranger_suggests_532#c1132189 Stranger Suggests Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:38 -0800