If you’re a fan of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek this three-minute clip in which he gives a speedy summary of the history of music will be perfect watch for you. Žižek talks about Bach, Wagner, Mahler, Schönberg and Berg.
Slavoj Žižek is a notable Slovenian philosopher who is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts and the international director of the Birkbeck Institute the Humanities of the University of London. Žižek has written over thirty books and has contributed opinion pieces for publications such as RT, The Spectator, The Independent, and Los Angeles Review of Books — to name a few. Žižek was also one of the first philosophers to write about COVID-19.
Watch the clip from the Nexus Institute below.
