In this interview to TimeOut ahead of his India tour, Slavoj Žižek says:
What sorts of intellectual movements in India are you curious about?
I am now jumping between two books, a collection of speeches by Dr Ambedkar, and one of the founding texts of ideology of all times, the laws of Manu. Ideology is precisely these daily rituals: how do you enter a house? Who will clean your toilet? Whom you are allowed to touch? I am also reading a book called Red Sun, about these Maoists - the Naxalites. I’m …

Navayana presents preeminent Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek in its 1st Annual Lecture series. The lectures, beginning 4 Jan 2010, are preceded by screenings of films on/with Žižek. After the screening of two films on 24 Dec 2009 at Sarai, the show now moves to Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, where Astra Taylor’s Žižek! will be screened on 2 Jan 2010. All the events are open to the public.
“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire — it tells you how to desire.” — Slavoj Žižek
“Žižek!” …