by Samo Burja | Jun 30, 2020
I interviewed cultural critic and Hegelian philosopher Slavoj Žižek on Thursday, June 11, hosted by Big Think and moderated by Peter Hopkins. Žižek is one of the most prolific and well-known philosophers and cultural theorists in the world today. His inventive,...
by Samo Burja | Jun 25, 2020
Based on my lecture at Topos House, San Francisco on February 29, 2020. Not all fields of knowledge exist yet. If you tried to study biochemistry in 1820, you’d have a lot of trouble: the field had yet to cohere. Do we think that all the biochemistries of the world...
by Samo Burja | Jun 9, 2020
From my article published in Asia Times. American elites have woken up to Beijing’s threat to global US hegemony. Now questions about China and its institutions are on everyone’s mind. Will its economy continue to expand or will it stagnate? Exactly how communist is...
