By the way, and surprisingly, there’s plenty of Žižek on the BBC; for instance, here he is featured on Thinking Allowed (January 2008). (note: www.itself.wordpress.com)

For anyone interested in what they damage they inflicted with €72.80, here’s the order they placed at Pri Vitezu, Breg 18-20, Ljubljana:

Mushroom soup x 2 €12
Medallions of veal €18
Lamb with thyme €18
Green salad x 2 €8
Fruit salad x 2 €14
Sparkling water €2.80

€6 for mushroom soup and €7 for fruit salad seems a tad unreasonable, especially in Ljubljana (Žižek had the veal, by the way).

For those who are less interested in culinary fare, click directly on the link (although it may available only to subscribers). There’s not much that is new; personal highlights include reading Titanic as both reinforcing the social order and restoring Rose’s identity. The Jack Dawson character (played by DiCaprio) “literally draws her picture”.

And then, after his [Jack's] job is done, he can f*** off and disappear. He is – what I would call in theory – a pure vanishing mediator. It is not a love story. It is vampiric, egotistic exploitation

And here is Žižek’s Hegel moment, although quite what kind of gun Thornhill is holding is not disclosed.

If you asked me at gunpoint what I really like, I would say to read German idealism, Hegel. What I like most, what I love the best, is this objectivity of belief

Oh, yeah, and he calls Adam Kirsch “stupid” (see here).