Slavoj Zizek

philosopher, sociologist

Slavoj Zizek is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London. He is the author of more than 30 books and is the subject of the documentary, \_Zizek!\_. His own critically acclaimed documentary, [The Pervert's Guide to Cinema](https://www.thepervertsguide.com/ ""), was the subject of a film retrospective in 2007 at the Museum of Modern Art.