Slavoj Žižek interview on NiteBeat

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  • @waaatwat
    @waaatwat 13 років тому +69

    That is exactly the conversation I would expect between a typical late night talk show host and a typical philosopher.

  • @cheybat5390
    @cheybat5390 5 років тому +69

    Zizek when interviewers try to play smart with him: eck, pure ideology
    Zizek when interviewers understand that he's definitely smarter than them: *explains his opinions in a very clearly and concise fashion, using mostly lay speak

  • @MostIngenious
    @MostIngenious 10 років тому +38

    "TRYIN' TO LIVE HEALTHY IS KILLIN' ME! YEAH!" Preach, brother.

  • @TheReactorSings
    @TheReactorSings 16 років тому +49

    Nolan's shouted interjections are hilarious!
    "I'm beginning to get IN to this Lacanian stuff!"

  • @jstrocke
    @jstrocke 9 років тому +59

    "Living healthy is killing me" is actually a funny line.

  • @jueljohnson41
    @jueljohnson41 8 років тому +50

    I don't know what anyone's talking about. It's a wonderful interview. The host isn't really familiar with the stuff Zizek is about, but its still a productive discussion

  • @ipalindromei
    @ipalindromei 16 років тому +23

    the exchange at 3:57 is hilarious
    "yeah, fine, denis leary...just let me keep talking"

  • @Kidlibra
    @Kidlibra 14 років тому +12

    Let's go easy on the interviewer. This is actually a fantastic moment between philosopher and a well-meaning interviewer, who is pretty receptive. There is, I think, a genuine connection between the two and thank god the interviewer doesn't go on some rant denouncing Zizek for his beliefs.
    If there is any hope for meaningful change in this world, we must have this kind of genuine connection between gifted thinkers and everyone else.

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK 10 років тому +18

    'This is the most complicated book I've ever had to read'.
    I'm getting, that isn't much of a stretch.

  • @LuisManuelLealDias
    @LuisManuelLealDias 10 років тому +41

    "I'm beggining to like this book all the more!"
    *looks at camera nervously wondering if the viewer noticed the contradiction of him previously saying he had read the book*

  • @MuebleriaItuzaingo
    @MuebleriaItuzaingo 8 років тому +64

    Yes, the host seems really ignorant and misses the point constantly. It's admirable how Slavoj never puts him down or treats him badly. He just tries to explain his views and even gets to use really mundane examples to ilustrate them to his interviewer

    • @lyndonbailey3965
      @lyndonbailey3965 6 років тому +11

      I think zizek likes him

    • @Kriskazam
      @Kriskazam 4 роки тому +1

      what, do you WANT him to put the host down? lol

    • @MegaShiney99
      @MegaShiney99 4 роки тому +1

      lyndon bailey zizek is nice

  • @detriplea
    @detriplea 14 років тому +11

    The interviewer is the ultimate irony, it just makes me laugh to tears.

  • @19Sully88
    @19Sully88 16 років тому +1

    I absolutely admire the passionate, upbeat enthusiasm Americans seem to portray, I think its great. But this Nolan guy, hes a slight step to far and makes me quite glad I live in the negative and bitter UK, where humour is the best answer for everything. God bless America and God bless Zizeck

  • @Vik_Van
    @Vik_Van 14 років тому +7

    Slavaž Žežek iz Lubdžana! :)

  • @degatimra
    @degatimra 3 роки тому +3

    This is the closest approximation we'll ever get to Zizek being interviewed by an in-character Fred Willard.

  • @telpeath
    @telpeath 15 років тому +2

    Zizek makes me warm on the inside - he is so wonderful and his psychoanalysis is astounding!

  • @razajac
    @razajac 8 років тому +20

    Hey! Lighten up on the host! He did his job: When he wasn't prompting Zizek to hold forth, he pretty well stayed out of the way and let his guest talk. He could've been a _lot_ worse....

  • @laxman9677
    @laxman9677 15 років тому +4

    i love zizek's final remark

  • @erezija
    @erezija 15 років тому +7

    "You're kind of Dennis Leary from Slovenia!"
    "yeah"
    "Yeah!"
    HAHA

  • @planetjanet3845
    @planetjanet3845  15 років тому +4

    you're right of course, though I think if this interview were my first exposure to Zizek my reaction would be more one of bewilderment than understanding

  • @Navidnak
    @Navidnak 13 років тому +11

    Interviewer: "This is hardest book i've ever tried to read"
    Zizek: "strange, because you're dumb"

  • @willcwhite
    @willcwhite 2 роки тому +1

    Still the greatest TV interview of all time

  • @planetjanet3845
    @planetjanet3845  15 років тому +14

    It was awfully brave of him to conduct an interview on a topic of which he seems to've had no prior knowledge, and I'm sure Barry Nolan is good at what he does. But due to the extent to which the format is horribly ill-suited to explaining Zizek's ideas, this video is funny to me.

  • @VisionzOfExcess
    @VisionzOfExcess 11 років тому +23

    ok. but what does the beard tell us? it is not what it says overtly but rather its hidden message. The beard on the face is not a vagina but rather the absence of a vagina.

    • @TheKetsa
      @TheKetsa 11 років тому +2

      rofl.

    • @noonward
      @noonward 3 роки тому

      not absence of a vagina- absence of vagina, precisely

  • @alpehyl
    @alpehyl 13 років тому

    I agree with the comment below, the interviewer is not so stupid as everybody thinks. He understands Zizek's humour, explain things so it's understandable for the viewers, they seem to enjoy each other's company.

  • @copyzawa
    @copyzawa 15 років тому +2

    Thank you very much! Seems that I need more study. His Slovenian accent sounds cool to me Japanese.

  • @MattCoombsArt
    @MattCoombsArt 11 років тому +1

    That's the most Zizek federally allowed on American Television. His interview with Charlie Rose is probably the reason the Koch brothers bought up a good portion of PBS.

  • @markg713
    @markg713 15 років тому +2

    Barry Nolan is terrific. I love this interview. You yt goons should get over yourselves.

  • @Adahn5
    @Adahn5 7 років тому +1

    Believe it or not Nolan is a member of Mensa.

  • @kepler101
    @kepler101 15 років тому

    for a show that is really meant to little house wives and old ladies i think the interviewer did a good job of elucidating zizek's words.

  • @felo2107
    @felo2107 15 років тому

    "I never thought i would have that much fun talking about a thing like this"

  • @paravastha
    @paravastha 16 років тому +1

    I have a new hero!

  • @MyPeniseule
    @MyPeniseule 5 років тому +2

    I've never been to the US or had a conversation with an USAmerican, but somehow I got that feeling everything he explains is the exact opposite of the american education and their weltanschauung (*I love that german word in the english dictonairy)

  • @Solano1111
    @Solano1111 10 місяців тому

    this is the craziest zizek interview to date. i think that the host not having any knowledge of philosophy or zizek makes it even better.

  • @samoRok93
    @samoRok93 13 років тому +1

    for all those who can not pronounce Slavoj Žižer right, try this. Slavoy Zhizhek

  • @lol3xdlol
    @lol3xdlol 2 роки тому

    The smile at the beginning

  • @MrFokion
    @MrFokion 14 років тому

    totally agree!!

  • @publicadvisor
    @publicadvisor 14 років тому +1

    @Grayto: he probably seemed "perfectly fine" with the interviewer because he realized, like most of the commenters about this video, that Nolan is clearly a complete fool and that there's really no getting through to him.

  • @Paul8033
    @Paul8033 14 років тому

    @yiannisz I am not a philosopher but I found this to be encouraging, there is now value in having a good thought and keeping it to yourself or a group of your peers whom you think might be 'smart' enough to understand it. That is intellectual snobbery at it's worst and is what happens pseudo-intellectuals want to sound deep. I found myself changing my opinion about Zizak, I might even take the trouble to read a bit more of his philosophy, so i say good for the host and his boss!

  • @stevenryhudi
    @stevenryhudi 16 років тому

    Look, he has a show to run and an audience to keep in mind and a guest whose English has a strong accent --

  • @Waaazuuuubp
    @Waaazuuuubp 4 роки тому +1

    that interviewer couldn't care less

  • @kailsan
    @kailsan 15 років тому +1

    damn. he shouldt interupt him. need to read the book !

  • @redstargr
    @redstargr 13 років тому

    when someone asks who lacan is, i make him listen the first 6 seconds.

  • @DonClaude
    @DonClaude 14 років тому

    I find it funny that so many have made negative remarks on Nolan. He is a member of mensa, they solve problems. Zizek is a philosopher, he asks questions. This clearly show us the two different sides of the Intelligence/intellectual spectrum. Those who dislike Zizek sees him the same way we who appreciate Zizek sees Nolan.
    Oh, by the way, Zizek wants us to think and not (necessarily) to 'understand' him.

  • @huoleifengbrian
    @huoleifengbrian 14 років тому

    man, zizek is the bomb

  • @domen130
    @domen130 13 років тому

    Genius

  • @Bes1987
    @Bes1987 15 років тому

    I felt like Zizek walked into the wrong interview and said fck it, sat down and started talking.

  • @felo2107
    @felo2107 15 років тому

    I bet it was the first time he heard that name

  • @Butaloii
    @Butaloii 2 роки тому

    holy young zizek

  • @ian_lacerda
    @ian_lacerda 13 років тому +1

    The description of the video is genial, lol

  • @synchronium24
    @synchronium24 13 років тому

    @OuTofJoY Member of MENSA? Very interesting. I was getting the same vibe as other people commenting on his poor interviewing, but you are right about that fact.

  • @Ollie9402
    @Ollie9402 13 років тому

    @ericburdontheanimal Where on your keyboard are those small signs above the z's?

  • @fru123sa
    @fru123sa 14 років тому

    Tryin to live healthy is killin me!

  • @amaister93
    @amaister93 13 років тому

    I hate how the interviewer interrupts a genius!! -.-

  • @fliesandpigs
    @fliesandpigs 4 роки тому +1

    SLAVA JEJEK

  • @Featheon
    @Featheon 13 років тому

    Typical comments: "Zizek 'defeated' someone who was never presented as an enemy. He's so much smarter than me that I won't have to think for myself."

  • @ncaresano
    @ncaresano 10 років тому +1

    the host reminds me to barney the dinosaur in some way

  • @EMMETNEXO
    @EMMETNEXO 14 років тому

    @benooblak
    Meni je super, kako se Žižek nasmehne, ko sliši, kako se komentator trudi z njegovim imenom :)

  • @martinljung
    @martinljung 15 років тому

    hahaha...love this interview

  • @efectovertigo
    @efectovertigo 14 років тому

    @acdcrocks4ever21 I understand him completely, not one word missed, I'm from South America. I also speak french and german, dont know if that's helped me.

  • @BnetTheAwesome
    @BnetTheAwesome 16 років тому

    Not all of us are that ignorant. There are some of us who still read. :)

  • @jeromburnier7323
    @jeromburnier7323 10 років тому

    Could someone tell me what the host says at 3.55 ?

    • @Jivesey1
      @Jivesey1 10 років тому +1

      'You're kind of Dennis Leary from Slovenia' I think anyway

  • @paulmahon5834
    @paulmahon5834 11 років тому

    Link?

  • @Ninjalectual
    @Ninjalectual 13 років тому

    @TheEruditepolymath I don't see anything here that makes me think "genius." You must be referring to something he's written, which I'm not familiar with,

  • @Jashar1984
    @Jashar1984 14 років тому

    @liosama
    ABSOLUTELY :D

  • @MaxSafeheaD
    @MaxSafeheaD 16 років тому

    I don't know if it helps but in another video he mentions the contradiction in 'tolerance.'
    It secretly shows you both think there is something wrong with whoever you must tolerate.
    For example not many people would say "you must tolerate women" or "you must tolerate blacks."

  • @planetjanet3845
    @planetjanet3845  15 років тому +3

    "but again I prefer it the wrong way"
    "society of consumption. We say 'ooh, we're just consuming today and so on'"
    "and no values, no constraints, and so on"
    "so-called Colin Powell doctrine which"
    yeah, understanding exactly what Zizek is saying definitely takes a little bit of practice :)

  • @ToroAzzurro
    @ToroAzzurro 16 років тому

    Why doesn't the journalist let him speak???

  • @tndowns1122
    @tndowns1122 13 років тому +1

    Wtf just happened in this interview?

  • @jonrichens
    @jonrichens 11 років тому +7

    he had plenty of time to learn to pronounce these words. I think american media types make a point of mispronouncing names of foreign things when they want to devalue them. "look as how juvenile this thing is, I didnt even bother to learn how to pronounce it.."

  • @shimadamada9646
    @shimadamada9646 12 років тому +1

    MENSA membership does indicate someone's intelligence. It does not however indicate someone's level of knowledge.

  • @lyndonbailey3965
    @lyndonbailey3965 12 років тому

    I think there was very little time and this affected the interview a lot, the interrrupting is a bit annoying. Its a bit of a jump to call the guy an idiot, in any case, if he simply started lapping up what Zizek was saying that would come off too weak and would make poor viewing for anyone who isn't an inveterate Zizek acolyte. I like Zizek because he has interesting and original insights, not because of his intelligence or knowledge.

  • @acdcrocks4ever21
    @acdcrocks4ever21 14 років тому

    @copyzawa don't worry i'm from slovenia and nobody understands him even here
    the only one that understands him is himself

  • @copyzawa
    @copyzawa 15 років тому

    What's he saying on
    0:40 "but ??? I prefer it the wrong way"
    2:58 "Society of consumption, Uuh we ??? and so on"
    3:01 "and no ??? no constraints and so on"
    4:11 "so called ??? doctrine which"
    I'm translating some of Zizek's videos on UA-cam. And this one was awful and awfully funny. I wonder what "Dennie Leary " means in this context.

  • @mghfoster123
    @mghfoster123 13 років тому +1

    The interviewer should eat some laxative chocolate!

  • @AlemanJuan
    @AlemanJuan 13 років тому

    Host: "I believe you're reinforcing my worldview because I see neoliberalism as morally imperative/ I don't understand subtext."

  • @pritamtamang6203
    @pritamtamang6203 12 років тому

    He lied when he said he tried to read it because he could not have read it with his intelligence level which is equal to my toe nail. Actually a chocolate laxative has more purpose to it that he will ever have in his life.

  • @aeoization
    @aeoization 4 роки тому

    0:12 slavage jay jack

  • @polishbodybuilder
    @polishbodybuilder 16 років тому

    randylahay, i think you misunderstand. The above comment does not contain any hate, because he has his right as an intelligent man, to speak of the poor intelligence of some people compared to others. ! ;)

  • @planetjanet3845
    @planetjanet3845  16 років тому

    Sane.

  • @Rmahda
    @Rmahda 15 років тому

    @ 3:59 zizek hates the host for comparing him to Dennis Leary...

  • @stephaniecoons8822
    @stephaniecoons8822 2 роки тому

    Wow the host handled himself a bit foolishly but times were weird back then.

  • @RussianSundays
    @RussianSundays 14 років тому +1

    This interview should never have happened.

  • @Necjox
    @Necjox 13 років тому

    slavoy zhizhek and no ljubljana isnt prononcued lubzhana its looblanah

  • @mistarcraw
    @mistarcraw 15 років тому

    america and other "investor-friendly" nations are the only ones with "awful taxes".

  • @headybomb
    @headybomb 13 років тому

    @tigerz2350 Well said

  • @Mr.Mystery
    @Mr.Mystery 13 років тому

    @liosama
    Yeah but at least hes not bill o'reilly. Imagine the bickering...

  • @planetjanet3845
    @planetjanet3845  13 років тому

    @OuTofJoY ahaha that's great I didn't know about that. here's an article about it for anyone who's interested: bit.ly / ciIXLU

  • @kepler101
    @kepler101 15 років тому

    wow they let anyone in mensa. but seriously can u really respect a organization that allows anyone who scores high enough on a internet iq test?
    sounds like a club where people gather together to feel special.

  • @zvexevz
    @zvexevz 16 років тому +2

    Holy shit this is fucking hilarious!
    "Makes Freud sound like a valley girl."
    So how does Marx make Hegel sound then?

  • @FotoLaL
    @FotoLaL 16 років тому

    Barry Nolan dont understand a thing.

  • @Daartan
    @Daartan 16 років тому

    hahaha

  • @neskuma
    @neskuma 16 років тому

    OMG!... he should have been adviced how to pronounce slavoj at least!... it is very close to savoy...

  • @slokaka
    @slokaka 14 років тому

    HE HAS A MORE RUSSIAN EXENENT THAN SLOVENIAN HAHAH

  • @GammaBoom
    @GammaBoom 13 років тому

    @Intelectual95 ill give you and advice. stop reading books written by philosophers and rather switch to high-quality literature.

  • @EclecticSceptic
    @EclecticSceptic 14 років тому

    Woah that guy's pronounciation is off.

  • @trnupeti
    @trnupeti 14 років тому

    @acdcrocks4ever21
    you need to speak for yourself then

  • @mrkristoff
    @mrkristoff 15 років тому

    I hate being contrarian, but Zizek does come out with some absolute shit sometimes.. the post modern tolerant father for instance, there are mad little rants like this littered all over his work, when he discusses orientalism and frequently uses popular culture as a means of highlighting arguments: Kung Fu Panda being one of the most hilarious.
    I think people fail to realise a lot of the time he's being down right absurd, taking the piss even! Yep thumbs down please.

  • @grasd2
    @grasd2 10 років тому +1

    LOL the interviewer Barry Nolan has an IQ higher than 99% of you. inb4 people go all post-modern on me about IQ not measuring creativity and open mindedness.

  • @theTurkovic
    @theTurkovic 16 років тому

    gooosh,, why this guy interrupts Žižek all the time?!!! it's annoying!