fortunately that is a secret !! 2008/11/3 James Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Q&A Slavoj Zizek, professor and writer > > - Interview by *Rosanna > Greenstreet*<http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/rosannagreenstreet> > - The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian>, > - Saturday August 9 2008 > - Article > history<http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/09/slavoj.zizek#history-byline> > > [image: Slavoj i ek] > > Slavoj Žižek. Photograph: Mykel Nicolaou/Rex > > Slavoj Zizek, 59, was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a professor at the > European Graduate School, international director of the Birkbeck Institute > for Humanities in London and a senior researcher at the University of > Ljubljana's institute of sociology. He has written more than 30 books on > subjects as diverse as Hitchcock, Lenin and 9/11, and also presented the TV > series The Pervert's Guide To Cinema. > > *When were you happiest? * > > A few times when I looked forward to a happy moment or remembered it - > never when it was happening. > > *What is your greatest fear? * > > To awaken after death - that's why I want to be burned immediately. > > *What is your earliest memory?* > > My mother naked. Disgusting. > > *Which living person do you most admire, and why?* > > 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?* > > Indifference to the plights of others. > > *What is the trait you most deplore in others?* > > Their sleazy readiness to offer me help when I don't need or want it. > > *What was your most embarrassing moment?* > > Standing naked in front of a woman before making love. > > *Aside from a property, what's the most expensive thing you've bought? * > > The new German edition of the collected works of Hegel. > > *What is your most treasured possession?* > > See the previous answer. > > *What makes you depressed?* > > Seeing stupid people happy. > > *What do you most dislike about your appearance?* > > That it makes me appear the way I really am. > > *What is your most unappealing habit?* > > The ridiculously excessive tics of my hands while I talk. > > *What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?* > > A mask of myself on my face, so people would think I am not myself but > someone pretending to be me. > > *What is your guiltiest pleasure?* > > Watching embarrassingly pathetic movies such as The Sound Of Music. > > *What do you owe your parents?* > > Nothing, I hope. I didn't spend a minute bemoaning their death. > > *To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?* > > To my sons, for not being a good enough father. > > *What does love feel like?* > > Like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of > emergency that ruins all small pleasures. > > *What or who is the love of your life?* > > Philosophy. I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it. > > *What is your favourite smell?* > > Nature in decay, like rotten trees. > > *Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it?* > > All the time. When I really love someone, I can only show it by making > aggressive and bad-taste remarks. > > *Which living person do you most despise, and why?* > > Medical doctors who assist torturers. > > *What is the worst job you've done?* > > Teaching. I hate students, they are (as all people) mostly stupid and > boring. > > *What has been your biggest disappointment?* > > What Alain Badiou calls the 'obscure disaster' of the 20th century: the > catastrophic failure of communism. > > *If you could edit your past, what would you change?* > > My birth. I agree with Sophocles: the greatest luck is not to have been > born - but, as the joke goes on, very few people succeed in it. > > *If you could go back in time, where would you go?* > > To Germany in the early 19th century, to follow a university course by > Hegel. > > *How do you relax?* > > Listening again and again to Wagner. > > *How often do you have sex?* > > It depends what one means by sex. If it's the usual masturbation with a > living partner, I try not to have it at all. > > *What is the closest you've come to death?* > > When I had a mild heart attack. I started to hate my body: it refused to do > its duty to serve me blindly. > > *What single thing would improve the quality of your life?* > > To avoid senility. > > *What do you consider your greatest achievement?* > > The chapters where I develop what I think is a good interpretation of > Hegel. > > *What is the most important lesson life has taught you?* > > That life is a stupid, meaningless thing that has nothing to teach you. > > *Tell us a secret.* > > Communism will win. > > -- > James Michael > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
