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Mar 2023
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ZIZ296 Only a Catastrophy Can Save Us (0...

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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To conclude this years discourse programme, Elevate Festival welcomes Slavoj Žižek to Orpheum Graz. In his lecture “Only A Catastrophe Can Save Us” he asks, in view of global crises and swelling doomsday scenarios: What if the great catastrophe is not just a threat to be avoided; but something necessary to wake us up? Moderated by Viennese director and author Sebastian Brauneis

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