Philosophical Dictionary

Slavoj Žižek is the Slovenian philosopher who explains Hegel with dirty jokes, Hollywood films and toilets. Behind the sniffing and the “and so on, and so on” there is one big idea: ideology is not what you believe, it is what you keep doing even when you know better. Here is Žižek in plain English: his life, Lacan for beginners, the big Other, the order to enjoy, Starbucks, Titanic, violence, his fights with Peterson and Chomsky, and where to start reading.

The Sartre quote all over Pinterest, "we are our choices," has no confirmed source in his writing. What he actually argued is heavier: we're "condemned to be free," stuck owning every choice with no rules or luck to blame. Sartre later admitted he'd pushed that idea too far, and this piece explains where it broke.

In this article, we discuss the life and work of Karl Marx's closest collaborator and friend, Friedrich Engels, and the way his practical approach to economics informed Marx's views.

We are once again the meme as we discuss the Marxist term, "means of production," which features in one of our bestselling holiday shirts. Grab a seat by the fire and listen to some economic critique.

In this article, we will discuss the definition of philosophy, its professional practice, and whether we can find philosophy outside of our favorite big names and modern academia.

A discussion of the influences of Hegel's dialectics on the work of Karl Marx, and his influence on the greater world.