"Slavoj Žižek, a maverick philosopher, is the author of over 30 books and has been acclaimed as both the “Elvis of cultural theory” and the “most dangerous philosopher in the West.” He is today’s most controversial public intellectual. The paperback edition of Living in the End Times is now available from Verso. Žižek is now at work on a book about Hegel."

"Le peuple est de retour. Evoqué, convoqué, invoqué, il est à nouveau au cœur des conversations et des préoccupations politiques. On ne parle que de lui. Ceux qui l’ont oublié depuis si longtemps en font beaucoup, trop sans doute, pour se faire pardonner. Ceux qui ne cessent de s’en prévaloir, bruyamment et à tout propos, protestent de leur antériorité pour en réclamer l’exclusivité. Ceux qui gouvernent se souviennent soudain qu’ils devraient le faire en son nom. Chacun y voit sa chance pour l’élection qui s’annonce. Aller au peuple, le comprendre voire, audace suprême en démocratie, lui donner raison ! Faut-il être populiste pour devenir populaire ?"

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- Is it to early to get a drink ?

- It’s never too early for a well-made organic bloody mary ! You get you vitamins from the tomato juice, and the celery gives you your fiber

- And the vodka helps you with your mood the first thing in the morning. Which is healthy

- You guys know a lot about nutrition

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"Since an author’s point of view is relevant to the understanding of his intentions, I think it not amiss to say that I am a socialist in economics, a liberal in politics, and a conservative in culture. Many persons might find this statement puzzling, assuming that if a person is a radical in one realm, he is a radical in all others; and, conversely, if he is a conservative in one realm, then he must be conservative in the others as well. Such an assumption misreads, both sociologically and morally, the nature of these different realms"