Slavoj Žižek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism

<div> <p class="graf graf--p">This bonus episode features audio from the <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href= "https://www.uib.no/en/udir/131536/2019-holberg-debate-slavoj-%C5%BEi%C5%BEek-%C2%ABwhy-i-am-still-communist%C2%BB" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-href= "https://www.uib.no/en/udir/131536/2019-holberg-debate-slavoj-%C5%BEi%C5%BEek-%C2%ABwhy-i-am-still-communist%C2%BB"> Holberg Debate</a> in Bergen, Norway between Tyler and Slavoj Žižek held on December 7, 2019. They discuss the reasons Slavoj (still) considers himself a Communist, why he calls <em class= "markup--em markup--p-em">The</em> <em class= "markup--em markup--p-em">Handmaid’s Tale</em> “nostalgia for the present,” what he likes about Greta Thunberg, what Marx got right about the commodification of beliefs, his concerns about ecology and surveillance in communist states like China today, the reasons academia should maintain its ‘useless character,’ his beginnings as a Heideggerian, why he is distrustful of liberal optimism, the “Fukuyama dilemma” we face, the importance of “empty manners,” and more.</p> </div> <div> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Follow us on <a href= "https://twitter.com/cowenconvos">Twitter</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cowenconvos/">IG</a>: @cowenconvos</span> <span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"><br /> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Email</span><span data-contrast= "auto">: <a href= "mailto:cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu">cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu</a></span></p> </div> <p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/tylercowen">Tyler</a> on Twitter</p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://facebook.com/cowenconvos">Facebook</a></p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://mercatus.org/newsletters">Newsletter</a></p>