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A member of SAPS shoots rubber bullets to disperse a crowd looting outside a warehouse storing alcohol in Durban on July 16, 2021, after protestors clashed with police following a week of unrest in South Africa. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
GAME OF THRONES

Visible and invisible violence in present day South Africa

The relations of social domination are reproduced in our habitual ways of talking

  • Marnell Kirsten
9 min read
Smoke rises from a Makro building set on fire overnight in Umhlanga, north of Durban, on July 13, 2021 as several shops, businesses and infrastructure were damaged in the city, following four nights of continued violence and looting. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Making sense of the South African ‘volcano’

Three texts through which to understand current unrest in South Africa – by Slavoj Žižek, Frantz Fanon and Alan Paton

  • Marnell Kirsten
9 min read
Kung Fu Panda 2
SLAVOJ ZIZEK

Slavoj Zizek: A philosopher to sing about

Slavoj Zizek, who provokes both right and left with his discourses on society and humanity, is now an inspiration for four new operas.

  • Sean OHagan
8 min read
‘A lot of what I write is blah blah
PHILOSOPHY

‘A lot of what I write is blah blah, bullshit’

<b>Stuart Jefferies</b> chats to Slavoj Zizek, a philosopher who combines theories of anarchy, communism and Lady Gaga with aplomb.

  • Staff Reporter
13 min read