The International Journal of Žižek Studies was established in 2007 as a scholarly outlet for a diverse range of perspectives and disciplinary approaches to the work of Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....

, a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n critical philosopher

Philosophy

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 and cultural theorist

Culture theory

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 who applied a mix of German Idealist philosophy

Idealism

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 and Lacanian pyschoanalytical theory

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

 to a range of cultural and political topics. The open access journal

Open access journal

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 is edited by Paul A. Taylor and David Gunkel and publishes non-English original articles and/or translations.

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• Kritikos
  Kritikos
  Kritikos: journal of postmodern cultural sound, text and image is an electronic peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly by Intertheory Press, an academic press publishing work in cultural theory and criticism...
  
  interview with the editor on the launch of the journal