Interview by Rosanna Greenstreet
The full interview is available online at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/09/slavoj.zizek
What follows are some of the (complete) questions and some of the (complete) replies:
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
ŽIŽEK: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the twice-deposed president of Haiti. He is a model of what can be done for the people even in a desperate situation.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
ŽIŽEK: Indifference to the plights of others.
Aside from a property, what's the most expensive thing you've bought?
ŽIŽEK: The new German edition of the collected works of Hegel.
What is your most treasured possession?
ŽIŽEK: See the previous answer.
Who or what is the love of your life?
ŽIŽEK: Philosophy. I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.
Which living person do you most despise, and why?
ŽIŽEK: Medical doctors who assist torturers.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
ŽIŽEK: What Alain Badiou calls the 'obscure disaster' of the 20th century: the catastrophic failure of communism.
Tell us a secret.
ŽIŽEK: Communism will win.
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