Slavoj Žižek: A defence of universalism

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Slavoj Žižek held this lecture at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Norway on December 12, 2014. It is part of a series of lectures on the topic of universalism, organized by Litteraturhuset. Other lecturers in the series include Wang Hui, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Binyavanga Wainaina, Gayatri Spivak and Tara Smith. The lecture was also condensed into an essay, in Norwegian, that can be found at this URL: http://morgenbladet.no/ideer/2014/et_forsvar_for_universalismen