Slavoj Žižek (/ˈslɑːvɔɪ ˈʒiːʒɛk/ ⓘ SLAH-voy ZHEE-zhek; Slovene: [ˈsláːʋɔj ˈʒíːʒək]; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.[4][5] He is the international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, professor of philosophy and psychoanalysis at t