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As a famous philosopher, Slavoj Žižek is a rare creature. Unlike Socrates, to achieve this impossible status, Žižek did not have to die from a final drink of hemlock at the hands of his tormentors. Au contraire! Žižek has been a celebrity and symbol, analyst and joker, all rolled into

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