Slavoj Žižek: We are addicted to chaos

Florence Read meets Slavoj Zizek. Read the accompanying article: Listen to the podcast: In his new book ’Surplus Enjoyment: A Guide for the Non-Perplexed’, psychoanalyst and Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that Western decadence has reached a point of no return. When it comes to the simultaneous crises of climate change, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, he asserts, only a cooperative global effort will steer us away from catastrophe. But have the culture wars weakened the West too much to regain order in disordered times? Slavoj Zizek joined UnHerd’s Florence Read, live from his home in Slovenia, to discuss the cure for chaos. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: Facebook: // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 00:49 - Introduction 00:49 - 09:24 - Slavoj Zi