Žižek's System: The Sublime Object

Žižek's System: The Sublime Object

From Žižek And So On by …and so on.

May 4, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

The episode explores Žižek's first book in English, discussing its themes and implications alongside guest insights.

Alright, welcome back to Žižek & So On, this week is the beginning of a NEW SERIES we’re doing on the systematic aspects of Žižek’s thought as we work through some of his foundational texts. The European Graduate School are running a Leading Thinkers Course on Slavoj Žižek and I know a lot of our listeners are attending the course which is exciting. Thanks to everyone who has reached out recently, we really appreciate it. For this first episode we’re taking a look back at Žižek’s first book in English, the Sublime Object of Ideology, and Frank Ruda’s lecture on it . We’re joined by Dim and Tim Bryar to work through it with us and we're talking ideology, the curious incident of the Laclau that didn’t preface, the homology between Freud and Marx, and objective illusions. The course runs for ten weeks or so with Frank Ruda, Mladen Dolar, Adrian Johnston, Robert Pfaller, Zahi Zalloua, Dany Nobus, Alenka Zupančič, Berta Perez, and at the end Žižek…on…himself….so we’re going to be doing these episodes alongside the course. Up next we have an episode on Zero Point, Zahi Zalloua, and Three Fragments on Suicide as a Political Factor! See you in Paris, Ž&…

People in this episode

Host: Žižek And So On

Guests: Frank Ruda, Dim Bryar, Tim Bryar

Topics covered

  • Žižek's thought
  • ideology
  • Freud and Marx
  • philosophy
  • systematic aspects
  • Sublime Object of Ideology

Keywords

  • Žižek
  • Sublime Object of Ideology
  • ideology
  • Freud
  • Marx
  • philosophy
  • European Graduate School

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Graduate School

Books & works: The Sublime Object of Ideology

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